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above: Rice Husband
Like Peter Callesen, Helen Musselwhite, Yuken Teruya, and Yulia Brodskaya, here's yet another artist who's very talented with a pair of sharp shears. An illustration graduate from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Lorraine Nam paints, illustrates and hand-cuts paper like no one's business. The results are Asian-influenced storytelling with highly detailed cut paper silhouettes.
These three stunning and intricate pieces are crafted from a single piece of mulberry paper that measures approximately 22" x 30".
Rice Husband, detail:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKlXxZ-_0dfebPE1GPdheLiz3QtP4jkUtYxTqei6bXI_7zOspgmCziA7whYx_gTVhYGgRZb4DfBPC3tZgIPxj1XMJLB5Q2QGJrrqKrqrQ2Mt3o1gqZEP2YUTKJOJmJPyeiWgNVZA39qE/w640-h541/detail.jpg)
Rice Husband, detail:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP5yjT-FQPhfkUWBkxkG81jryhO2Qme8HaYDoEFAVF1arwbddgcezt14BO_bXG0O4xF4fAKFxWRop_ACyL_IjjvxyNPb04SqePXbONiXyb73Mrk_UTBAjfxw9gI1SQRxF5PcKr7arb1Xg/w640-h602/RHdetail1.jpg)
Rice Husband on black:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXC_KMVpVxxzBv7_WQGvM3eV6m76BFLrHiOX9LhqZ1akiQzlKZPP5MW8QSG37J38UDplntPAVopgGh_RgfB-jCtnLT9wZrH6aODVDfGDw0JPERtQoVamVv_ape7fiUD8XVsiHQ8SxiLg/s640/rice-husband-on-blk.jpg)
Asphyxiation:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bp4ly1IWi-O6RUFBxORKR8v1w3KqA9GVQ6pntyvtKU7jY0fVXTJ7VCsFhGSCApTA5oPQheaSBrWKJBEFIl-rydJg7HIFB2cxYnvvXEWezZGBEZ8mrT4yHiP0UZ3Q7BSbdZAJOjgmZy4/s640/asphyxiation1.jpg)
Asphyxiation on black:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDRDXbZHeRK9fOVdZ7fBpwG6JSOvQdms8MusGO2mT0zBut2Ptj6KSu-30jiZN7288j1VYGpTi3gYzs8natUL08zLtnR3YeovawTT7GwGYwcrD5M_ccxvRnp06TF9H9-7GDiDVHuZcB50/s640/asphy-on-black.jpg)
Asphyxiation, detail:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_X3GXXSIh-VMG5YWmTw-poqgoebRIqMpxJgBfCeLGaZUaImUXWNb6fP9i5PIL7su8AhcdEwAc2ECz_5dQUNKxPmg3SoW-f8Nkq0rpKE9yTeM5t0Cfn-WNSM7qMiko2qFt531jbvH72Mg/w638-h851/asphy+detail.jpg)
Asphyxiation as a cover for a RISD publication:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6C_ZbpVzVZQ785T235yv78ZK2dtEaeaBB-GPFxJkb4D__uBbJN-RDOEiuDF11BCZa7Gd3-bQ02uOrA5Hegy4eff6IU9VkvOuiKDBwWmbz76_YVuL1WsRExn0mtld3EbUD7iolJ9HHYmo/w638-h822/asphyin-use.jpg)
Gender Role, cut from one sheet of Mulberry paper:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihv0D_LI2t0VOZpLoxyU91mxZQtkOjzklMrE2XPd8THKyzA739XkQnZ9JCSnfsFEZSzdgAnE4vTyca6w2UUZyv-w6SUpkXR6bce6lPxxPFMeu9ZFDKIRVCicLJPz48lXaX93nTPmevFtw/s640/genderrole.jpg)
Gender Role, detail:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7fcg_SzAPsb0apvGpvltO5Ar_DYxJQC93F-J3XkNdqe1JmgcnKSx1u2lGZBtnbFd1cuPkc1DerQWfPwZx1gzuY1OE5bs6kgfVtkbne2OgKzueRcRxX1l2IFnY6yGPOCK3okLypk_cUA/s640/gender-role-detail.jpg)
Other examples of her hand-cut paper art:
Joy Luck:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIbQsCmTkbz83RJdyhYB2k6BId955_JASNHcxa0QlUxRZ6Wu8rnVWleTptQUr9B848pz5SGQzFBcyFcmVtw6vq4zsKIyLwMKxmz5zgYcr1_AWuAr1P1gcyDYv86BSMgctHcX7ZxEszQgc/s640/joyluckclub.jpg)
Joy Luck, details:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSHr8N7Ajt3F1m5dEp2JqAiulgullrwcFW6xXp1jGj5ZUIY4Xrpsl59gYbl0bchOAM2I3xnGYDv1gmI5Izg0txsm0lvC-gfdB8avZAz2RGWZMAIkRGVmCtWahZj61yyxX8hq4-zyB3fc/w586-h781/JLC-detail.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdL81qiuGeJX8Z8HXRlnMbIt6MmQClfntBZTa3QCEPUjTwGGff7InEvivgvJsYyrg1RLBFbPn_9TSHyJtjfN1Wr-mWq2NANC_UpqOpkxhebq_vKa9M1IIWbstSOYkv0w8VjKkO86eTzO4/w589-h442/joyluck_kids_detail.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvGcAlvlYNMkpS-uULl64kqtPV8jua8e2595L1gVPa8dLXIZ2JkD2xnX3_EHSX0JNQVywXb3f9RWZgGwbNYn5vcMatLrRRaEhsBpY_GN5Fc08Xbgs4rxzvXdEfF_YcQlLV6MHiqhTXBk/w588-h441/joyluck_birds-detail.jpg)
Starling:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ut_poIb_g-N1Mr9gLQ0YqLTKXzrI9GLkXlVU1N_kj426Z4N2CViaYBFbk7R3zyA3FIsMWB3yw5aD4YZst5o0i93Pw9FUIpQO_j3EWDUxRiMQX56Zy9NV9PO_zbMdQX0HN1RNcL8XDmU/s1600/17_starlingweb.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRaf7ubxJSdLQaQh28TB_t7DxWvDwRBFJ0n6-MgMXTkZsuIYWYUgVUg-QjvFdUx4ta77HuWVG76IJYQ3k2xWNkCiySqRLHPokUAT88Q8ChUUiFg0AvPWJ-vbWMiyElT4Q0Wku5Ab0E-XM/w640-h480/17_starlingbirdhousefinalwe.jpg)
Starling, detail:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kelz10chQtwVfZcbUkxXW7RiQ_DZBk0k8X5m7cgQfsAfSJtwpc5KujDQ-qqvWxLj0W3W5CG85TjjHp0FZUk1Eh0T-JHi3fmzmCRRRMNdN4J7HXPe-WC87eixu6wXuvkQdYTp9Y1GPzM/s640/17_starlingflockweb.jpg)
Self-portrait:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTf_M0L_Eb81bDCkeMBfbxU_3AvIUdDJQiyMP_XnMSSiJ_FI6rdDES8tncCPyvTR-h5kFo1KPMtjr2pHkdogD-8xWTOrOSk8rDEmKYjcb5mnBOFoOWdhFtESwm7LdLmGME2F9QuPOMEE/s640/selfportrait.jpg)
Be sure to see Lorraine's other work, such as her illustrations and paintings, like the bird and green eyed boy shown below.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bRz_azjuhqm_qEmn63Zj7Ds0EweRNeLver6wtaYxhICVCt70x6SzZDbAhUlIp9xknQC1Z9dDOht0OHrejS615E8uVtXmuBaiVh5o6E3M3q-OlJDL3Mdh5SRxRgNxk86cWcbIkes4Ep8/w474-h640/bird-illustration.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_ynyOfXNyB4sa5n0gjtvubcrKnTi0Y_MAaQbWRWmWjfOKuXOuQrLJB0eiy-8HXVjuO94S8NzTSxeamwkx3Q3_ZxDHozSqYZchs76LRZ28RdKNw08krbxkU6AoYjUaIeZEpM0SOzD2ZQ/w624-h640/green-eyed-boy.jpg)
Lorraine Nam