A Year In Numbers

This year, and in particular the last few months, Oh Cut It Out has come on in leaps and bounds. I've sent Gilmore Girls cards to Chicago to be used as party invitations, added shipping to New Zealand and Denmark at the request of customers, and spent an unenviable amount of time in the post office queue...

Below is a quick roundup of some of the years highlights...

"You Are Here" papercut exhibited as part of Derby Museums' "Everyone" exhibition.

Gilmore Girls "Stars Hollow" papercut map.  

Cut during a week of intense Gilmore Guys podcast binge listening, this papercut has been printed on postcards, greetings cards, and prints which in turn have been posted to the US, Canada, Europe, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand... A completely unexpected best seller!

Blog header for https://honestlylucy.com/ 

I'll be doing more work for Lucy in the new year!

My cards in Derby Museums shop!

SRSLY Gilmore Girls quiz winners proudly holding my "Stars Hollow" prints (photo from @JoeInnes twitter).

Christmas Fair @ The Walled Garden, Beeston Fields.

2016 in numbers...

475+ sales on etsy
37 US states Gilmore Girls postcards have been posted to
6 Gilmore Girls prints & 6 Gilmore Girls postcards used as prizes for the SRSLY Gilmore Girls quiz
6 blogs featured Gilmore Girls cards/prints on gift guides
3 stockists secured 
3 fairs attended 
1 piece of work included in Mine Anthology in support of #repealthe8th
1 Gilmore Girls postcard featured on the official Netflix/Gilmore Girls website
1 Gilmore Girls postcard featured on Buzzfeed
1 piece of work exhibited at Derby Museums

Fingers crossed (and with a lot of hard work) 2017 continues to exceed my expectations...

Happy Holidays!

Until next time...

-Karen

Everyone: Your Place In The World

"Everyone: Your Place In The World"

Derby Museums

9 July - 25 September 2016

This summer Derby Museums invited local artists to fill the gallery with "a joyful riot of colour and technique that illustrate the theme 'your place in the world."* 

The piece I submitted "You Are Here" is a papercut map of Derby City Centre littered with familiar landmarks (Derby Cathedral, Silk Mill, Market Hall, etc), houses and cars. Growing up in Derby I've studied, shopped and drank (a bit too much) in these streets. For most of my life my place in the world has been Derby, even if at times I've wished it wasn't... 

I like maps that use symbols as well as literal representations of buildings. If you look closely the library is an open book, the registry office is a diamond ring, and the cinema is a clapperboard...

The papercut is displayed in a custom 'floating frame' (sandwiched between two pieces of glass) so that the gallery spotlights cast dancing shadows.

The exhibition runs until 25 September. If you're in the area stop by and vote for your favourite piece! 

You can find "You Are Here" in Gallery 1 (number 62). It is available for purchase via Derby Museums.

#DerbyEveryone

"Everyone is in keeping with Derby Museums' desire to actively build, encourage and value creativity in everyone.  We're delighted to see the galleries full to bursting with amazing artworks that illustrate our shared world and our place within it." 

-Andrea Hadley-Johnson, 

Co-production and Engagement Manager

Until next week...

-Karen


*"Everyone: Your Place In The World" exhibition guide