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$950.00
Artist Name: Toni Glotter
Name / Description: “Kobe” a collage of Kobe Bryant constructed by manipulating cut paper strips, folded and glued to the substrate like pieces of a puzzle. What you see are the folded edges. When stacked the color or tone on the folded edges makeup the image you see.
Type: Innovative “Papercuts” collage technique
Size: (in inches): 17.5″ x 17.5″ x 2″ (including frame)
Condition: Excellent Condition
Shipping Method: Boxed
Shipped From: Minneapolis, MN
Provenance / COA: COA is provided by the artist
Sold: Framed
Toni Glotter focuses mainly on creating PaperCuts, and while she is often commissioned to make portraits of loved ones, she continues to push her abilities and find new ways to incorporate materials meaningful to the work itself (for example, a portrait of Minnesota’s own Prince framed in purple was partially made of sheet music, and one of Jimmy Fallon was constructed with maps of New York City and the night- time personality’s signature thank-you notes).
“A lot of my work is through requested commissions which are often portraits of celebrities. Most people have a favorite celebrity. Maybe it’s a musician they’ve seen in concert several times, or met them in person. Maybe it’s a celebrity they share a mutual passion with. Maybe they admire this person because they stand for something the client finds important.:
I begin with a headshot or photo of the subject and outline their portrait on a board, and then I cut the print materials into one-inch-wide strips, accordion-fold each one, and then glue them to the board so the folded edges face out. The strips of paper are my palette, and then I just piece it all together like a puzzle. I tend to fold at night while watching Netflix and glue in the morning. I actually find it very meditative and therapeutic to do that repetitive motion of folding, and luckily, my hands have been okay so far—no carpal tunnel yet! To keep [the process] from being the same thing over and over, I found some new materials to incorporate. I had just started experimenting with diamond dust—a material made from high-quality glass that is very sparkly and looks like glitter—to keep myself busy during the first few months of the COVID quarantine when a client came to me wanting a work of Dorothy’s ruby slippers from the Wizard of Oz. I thought to myself, “I have just the thing to make those slippers sparkle!”
$2,150.00
