Annie Vought does some really inter­est­ing cut outs with paper. Using jour­nal entries, she manip­u­lates orig­i­nal text and draw­ings to cre­ate large-scale multi-layered pieces.

I am espe­cially fond of the way Annie uses accent­ing lines to cut a hor­i­zon­tal plane. Design-wise, it cre­ates pock­ets of shapes and abstracts the let­ters even fur­ther. The light­ing of the piece also dis­torts the let­ter­ing even more to cre­ate nearly a sep­a­rate work of shadow art on the wall behind the cut outs.

I’m in awe of how neat Annie’s work is, despite the obvi­ous lim­i­ta­tions of cut­ting out paper. Her words and images are fluid and free. I’d love to know the sto­ries behind these let­ters. Some seem more per­sonal than oth­ers. Per­haps they were found objects?

All images via her web­site.

Tags: annie vought, cut out, paper

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