Thank you Karen for the Lady Cullum finding. Her paper heart is incredible!And thank you Madonna for sharing your diagrams. I’ll try them. Many years ago there was a lovely handmade book or PDF with many many woven heart options. If I find the PDF I’ll be happy to share. BestVishakha .On Feb 16, 20
2/15/2023
Hi, Laura and Madonna
When and how you succeed, please let me know!
All I know about Lady Ann Cullum (my apologies -- I misspelled her name
originally) came from this bit in the Pickering & CHatto announcement that
I included:
A souvenir of the Bury Charity Fair held at Bury St Edmund
It appears that the heart on the right was cut from a single sheet, with alternating strips either folded or left in place on both the top and bottom of the shape. The folded strips on the bottom were folded up above the top while the folded strips on the top were folded back behind the bottom. The
Dear Madonna and Laura
I'm sure you're right, Madonna. When you make one of your own, please share
pictures and directions. Your versions of the simpler woven heart are
great!
Laura, all I know about Lady Ann Cullen is what's in the Pickering & Chatto
description that I quoted. My guess is that,
Wow! Thank you Karen! This is the type of thing for which I am capable of
putting everything aside until I unravel the making! So beautiful!
Do you have the link to Ann Cullen’s bio? I couldn’t find it in the
Pickering-chatting.com site.
Thanks!
Laura
On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 5:40 PM Karen Reed
2/15/2023
I spotted these lovely examples of cut-paper Woven Hearts in an
antiquarian bookdealer's announcement:
*Download image here: *
https://www.pickering-chatto.com/PC/Images/Puzzle_Hearts.jpg
I suspect the left-hand model may have been made by a novice, rather than
by Lady Ann Cullen. I le