Nikki McClure est reconnue pour ses découpages de papier d'une complexité et d'une beauté méticuleuses. Armée d'un scalpel, elle crée un langage visuel audacieux qui traduit la poésie complexe de la maternité, de la nature et de l'activisme en images simples et attachantes. Son travail incarne le feu farouchement indépendant qui a alimenté la passion et la créativité, résonnant avec un esprit de rébellion artistique. Le style de McClure témoigne de la manière dont un art puissant et évocateur peut émerger d'un médium minimaliste.
This baby journal with Nikki McClure’s papercut illustrations dividing sections devoted to baby’s first tree, moon, garden embodies Nikki’s lifestyle and art. She modeled the organization after the journal she started when her son was born. The sections focus on recording baby’s interaction with the natural world.
A board book that features a collection of alphabet paper cuts. Each paper cut features a baby exploring the world in some way and is accompanied by a letter of the alphabet through the letter N, at which point, the baby nods off to sleep.
Cut-paper illustrations and single words of text show a kitten's attempts to imitate an adult cat's mastery of such skills as stretching and stalking in this board book edition of McClure's classic picture book.
Follows a family through one day and muses in the possibilities that the day holds--from enjoying treats at the bakery, to admiring handmade goods from local artisan shops, to observing the new construction in town.
This gorgeous new journal from popular paper-cut artist Nikki McClure is the perfect place to record all the projects to build, plans to make, recipes to cook, things to wish for, books to read, places to travel, presents to give, and experiences to discover, to name just a few. Based loosely on her Things to Make and Do 2008 Calendar, the journal's simple text and starkly beautiful images offer readers inspiration to write down their aspirations and dream projects, and to take the steps necessary to achieve them.
A new collection of renowned artist Nikki McClure's stunning papercuts, with a contemporary, community-minded message Gather, Navigate, Welcome, Fortify, Surrender, Save, Listen, Make Mistakes. These are some of the messages renowned artist Nikki McClure affirms in this gorgeous monograph of her papercuts. Organized by season, McClure's work reminds us of the important things such as the change of seasons, slowing down the world for a moment so we can actually experience it, and looking up at the stars to dream. In a follow-up to her gorgeous monograph Collect Raindrops, You Are Not Too Late is a new collection of McClure's original papercuts that have appeared in her beloved yearly calendars. All cut from a single piece of black paper with an X-Acto knife, McClure's artwork features compelling images of everyday life, often accompanied by a powerful verb that inspires the viewer to action. McClure shares more than images, though, in this new book, interweaving her memories and making of the future, offering insight into her creative life.