greetings fellow quarantiners, thanks for taking a moment to get the latest update from the tstout dot crom. i've had a few queries about these cutouts i did recently so i figured i should post a note just to catch everyone up.
last sale i sold these for a dollar, the caveat being you couldn't buy anything else. i wanted to do something that everyone could participate in, i know a lot of us can't buy tons of extra stuff at the moment due to stuff going on in the world etc, so this was just a fun thing to throw out, an experiment on my part.
cut to: a lot of people buying these. put the pressure on me to make something worth having. more than a sticker. less than a personalized birthday cake. i decided upon paper cut outs, haircuts for paper, basically. started making some. not completely sickened with disgust. made a few more. ergo, Haircuts for Paper was born. wait, i mean Radiation Burns™ was born. or maybe Kolcuts™. like, kolfacekilla + cut paper? no? Skidmarks™? we'll get there.
cut to: a lot of people buying these. put the pressure on me to make something worth having. more than a sticker. less than a personalized birthday cake. i decided upon paper cut outs, haircuts for paper, basically. started making some. not completely sickened with disgust. made a few more. ergo, Haircuts for Paper was born. wait, i mean Radiation Burns™ was born. or maybe Kolcuts™. like, kolfacekilla + cut paper? no? Skidmarks™? we'll get there.
how are they made. well...some are cut out of older scratch and dented prints. cut, then spray painted black, then mailed off. i noticed the black paint was rubbing a bit in the post, so i started using fixer on later versions. helps a bit. then realized i could order black paper from french paper co, no spray painting required. loses a bit but gains something else. win / win. or triage as they say in the medical field. its been a learning experience.
in the beginning, we (the royal we) started small. first one down. then moved to existing art. then some of this. little of that. a few hmmms...and thus a pattern was born. i gotta say, its not 100% easy, i'd say each of these venture more into the 'hand crafted' territory versus the mass produced vibe that i try to go for. i'm trying to steer away from too much of the craft feeling, stay in my lane. who knows, time will tell. i could be doing personalized wedding napkins next.
in the beginning, we (the royal we) started small. first one down. then moved to existing art. then some of this. little of that. a few hmmms...and thus a pattern was born. i gotta say, its not 100% easy, i'd say each of these venture more into the 'hand crafted' territory versus the mass produced vibe that i try to go for. i'm trying to steer away from too much of the craft feeling, stay in my lane. who knows, time will tell. i could be doing personalized wedding napkins next.
shipping. these shipped for 50 cents. our shipping program sends out automatic emails with the illusion of a tracking number, but alas, for 50 cents, you get no tracking, its a gibberish number. so that was a learning experience.
overall quality. time will tell. i believe they are pretty sturdy. tore this defective one in half and it was like tearing a poster. it can be done, but not like spiderweb fragile. the bigger issue can be bending, small pieces getting bent.
thanks to all that suggested ideas on tstout.com, i appreciate your helpfulness. i don't expect to invest in this new style heavily, its more of a side thing, screenprinted prints are my day job. so, if you hate them, close your eyes and they'll be gone.
anywho, that's the update. hope everyone has ok seats for the apocalypse. for more info, watch tstout.com and that's it.
