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Silhouettes cut from specially printed black paper
using scissors while you pose then presented in a quality,
glossy-covered folder for protection. A memory
to cherish.
Ideal for cocktail receptions, parties, masque balls,
black tie nights, or the more refined type of evening.
Ideally, I would ask my sitters to come to me as I sit
at my own table, but I can also work around tables if required.
Experience tells me this is not ideal, as people will, for some
unaccountable reason, want to eat. For shame :-)
Pre- or post- meal is best.
Adam Black Silhouettes is a brand name of Jed Pascoe.
Talk to Jed on 01767 682882 for ideas, details, and
quotes.
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The art of silhouette cutting is alleged to
have been named after Etienne de Silhouette, a French Finance Minister
who would entertain his friends by cutting paper portraits. Other forms
of silhouetting involve a kind of camera obscura: magic lanterns would
project a shadow of the sitter's head onto a paper screen which would
then be traced and filled in with Indian ink. This was a cheap and
effective type of portraiture before the invention of the camera.
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Silhouettes were often given by lovers for
remembrance or sent by hopeful parents to prospective suitors for their
sons or daughters. The ability to flatter was a vital skill that every
jobbing silhouettist had to have! |
This is a live
performance art only. |
