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On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 Sarah wrote:
I really love your silhouette resource pages. I am researching silhouettes for a family program I'm doing at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco, and this was a great resource for me. I wonder, have you heard of Kara Walker? She is a contemporary artist that works with really provacative silhouettes, and would be an interesting addition to your Silhouette Parlour.
On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 Ian wrote:
great site , breath of fresh air
On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 Frances Sutton wrote:
I have been searching for an old plan of Emmer Green and seen one on your site.
I live at XXX which has been known as the Chestnuts for decades but was previously Blenheim Park Cottage. Do you know where I can buy a copy? Would really appreciate hearing from you.
Frances [Home Page]
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 annonymous wrote:
This site is really superb!!! Thank you for your work! Good Luck!
On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 Mark wrote:
Very nice materials! I am pleased to have come across your site. See you soon again.
On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 Mario Villagran wrote:
Its amazin how a persona can express everithing...
Im a mexican student of semiotics and your work is simple lovelly...the use of collors, the rythm of the rythm the self reference of evey caracter...
i dont have much to say about these page because you say all, with noyt words...
Some people can expresse by images, Hitchcok,Jeunet, Luhrman some on my favorits...some can don with words like Gogol, Calvino, Eco...some with colors like Tolouse...and now you...
theses is not an only good intention letter, is my admiration to a work who influenced my life in this day, like a others do, with honestly...
One day Roland Barthes say thata the death of the authors is near, well dead to Charles Burns but life for wis images from the wolrd...[Home Page]
On Fri, 27 May 2005 annonymous wrote:
Your site made by brain and hands!
On Thu, 26 May 2005 Wyatt wrote:
A good site :)[Home Page]
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 Sara Beatty wrote:
Well, looking at the list "where did you go" I have a feeling I might have missed somethings so I know I will be spending more time here. I dont want to miss a thing. WONDERFUL WONDERFUL SITE!!! Thankyou for all the time you spent putting your page together. I enjoyed it so much. I am amazed at the circle of talent you have. You are terrific.
Thanks again for the great tour of your gallery. Sara
On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 John wrote:
Beautiful site![Home Page]
On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 Kimmi D. wrote:
Painting teacher assigned a list of artists to "check out"...you are definitely the most fun! great website!!
Saw the whole Gallery! What fun you are!! and I also enjoyed Kazumi's work very much.
Thanks! from New Jersey, USA
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 Kathleen Lombardo wrote:
Your work is amazing, I was disappointed to find that all your appointments were full when you were working in my area. Please let me know when you will be in the Syracuse area again.
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 Helen Holt wrote:
Amazing!!! a gem of a website. You're a man of many talents Charles! And lovely to 'meet' Kazumi too
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 Marion Baker wrote:
Very nice. Do you have information on William Henry Brown? He was my great-grandfather and a noted silhouettist in America during the early 1800's. I only found this out last year during a family history search. I accidently found one of his prints in an antique store in Connecticut. It is of an American polititian, Nathanial Tallmadge, and originally appeared in his Portrait Gallery book published in 1843. Marion (Brown) Baker
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 Mary Berman wrote:
I was most interested in the silhouetes. I would like to see some varied examples and styles.
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 John Smith wrote:
Really interesting!
On Mon, 19 May 2003 annonymous wrote:
It's the best, most entertaining website I have ever visited, bar none! I'm going to add it to my Favorites so I can visit some of the places I skipped today. Jan
On David Goldberg wrote:
I have an estate from famous American artist. In it is the bust silhoueetee autographed portrait siged
Yours sincerely, Frank Selwyn Fidler[Home Page]
On Sat, 08 Feb 2003 Ponds wrote:
It's amazing how steady and accurate the hand of an artist can be![Home Page]
On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 Glen Male wrote:
I was searching for "dear scarers" when I found your site. I built a pond out of an old pick-up truck top (Japanese truck) so I have been building it in the Japanese style. I am an artist as well and my wife and I are rebuilding a Canadian loggers shack into a Canadian design with
strong Japanese influence as There used to be a Japanese owned "saltery" here. I am an artist who is of the same mind as you.
I loved the paintings and the virtual studio was fun. You do very nice work.
On Sun, 07 Jul 2002 Neil Barton wrote:
Having been an avid collector of Japanese woodblocks, I discovered (on my last trip to England) SILHOUETTES. I now own two edouarts and a very large dining room scene with several people over an inked background. I still need much training and would appreciate any advice as to books (ones that you may sell or others ) on the subject.
Your silhouette parlour was amazing and only inspires me to learn more.
On Fri, 24 May 2002 annonymous wrote:
I live in caversham park village. I put Caversham Park Village in google search and found you.... It took some time to work out where you are... I'm going back to have another look at your site .....
On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 annonymous wrote:
I've been wandering round your fascinating site for HOURS....got to go....there's loads more to see.
On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 annonymous wrote:
How do you find time to do all this...there are only 24 hours in my day! I'm fascinated amd amazed at so many different expressions of your talent; not a little envious too! However, I also have a Mac and a drawing tablet though I haven't yet had a chance to try it out. I am excited and inspired by the examples of your "tablet" pictures and look forward to to seeing what I can do.
You presented me with my silhouette one rather cold and windy day last summer (2001) in Sidmouth, when the holiday makers were unwilling to stop.
I'm off to the exit page...
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 Fabrice wrote:
I am very keen on spending more time on it....
I will get back to you in the near future.
A tres bientot.
On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 annonymous wrote:
I have searched before and found only a few silhoettes.
These things should be put into cross stitch.
There aren't any out there and I live in a 150 year old home and would like to have several throughout.
Spread the word. If it is there I know it will sell. Right now it is a repeat of the old but silhoettes are almost non-existent.
On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 Lenny van den Berg wrote:
Looks really professional. Have been looking for something of this magnitude, and am very happy to you have found you. We have nothing of this kind in South Africa. [Home Page]
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 Harry Kessler wrote:
Have only visited a part of the site so far and sent an emailed question to you but I will return to explore. It seems to be exceptionally user friendly
On Sat, 02 Jun 2001 annonymous wrote:
I was really astonished by the skill and dexterity Charles showed in cutting my silhouette at the British Vascular Foundation on 31 May. I feel I was so impressed that I really did not tell him so. We need more surgeons with that deftness of touch! Many thanks - it really is an amazing talent and I hope to be able to employ you for some event in the future
On Wed, 23 May 2001 Richard wrote:
I have a silhouette of me done by you guys on my wall and it is very good!!11
On Sat, 19 May 2001 Lena Bengtson wrote:
Very nice, I also make silhouettes and I love what you have put together here
On Thu, 17 May 2001 Gary Browning wrote:
Outstanding site.I do silhouette scroll saw work and just published a book.Its hard enough to cut these out of wood I dont see how you do them out of paper.You must have a love for it.I envite you to take a look at my site and see what i'm up to.I think that I may have some ideas that may further enhance your enjoyment of silhouettes.You put a lot of work into your site and it looks very professional and I hope to oneday get mine half as organized.
Thanks for your time and for posting your great work and information [Home Page]
On Thu, 03 May 2001 Kathleen Vibbert wrote:
I enjoyed this page very, very much. I found the silhouettes extremely lifelike and amazing. [Home Page]
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 annonymous wrote:
We have just returned from a holiday in Florida where my children had their silhouettes done by the resident artist at Downtown Disney (the one who has written a book on the subject). They were brilliant. She then showed me a silhouette that you had done of her, I saw your web address on the back of it and thought I would have a look - I was not disappointed. How do you ever get to learn such a craft?
[NB: The artist in question must be Kathryn Flocken]
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 Lindacay Launius wrote:
I think your art work is fabulous.I love paper cutting. I have done some hanging Chrismas ornaments.It is a art in itself.I have been trying to find patterns but have not found to many.Keep up the good work. Thankyou.Lindacay
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 annonymous wrote:
Very interesting. We were directed to you by another silhouette cutter we saw at the Gateshead Garden show. He doesn't do portrait work so he directed me to this you.
Are you the artist who appeared on television a couple of years ago in the programme about the tools of the trade on scissors? [A: Yes I am!]
I will probably be in touch about have some profiles cut of our 3 children.
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 annonymous wrote:
I love your web page and I love Charles' silhouette of me done at my brother's wedding (Jonny May and Kate Hart 31/03/01). I have no hesitation in recommending him or the others for such events and will do at every opportunity!
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 annonymous wrote:
One of the nicer sites. I am a silhouette artist. Been cutting in Alaska for 20 years. Been cutting all together for 27 years. Was considered for the job for the opening of Disney in Japan (but did not go). Enjoyed your site. I make jewelry for the last 16 years with my husband. But my mother has been cutting in the midwest for years. Nice to meet another artist! Sincerely R Bishop (maiden name Dorfmueller)
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 annonymous wrote:
I thought I might have some members of the family 'done' and just looked up 'silhouette' on the web. Found your site - very interesting.
On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 Angie Smibert wrote:
Excellent, you recently did silhouette's of myself and my
children at a neighbours party, I am trying to find just the right frame to do them credit!!
On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 Marie Cook wrote:
I've had my computer since April but I am a slow learner. Would like to hear what you have been doing. I went to the Guild of American Paper Cutters in June at Estes Park in Colorado. I have been wanting to attend since the day I joined and it was five full days of paper cutting and lectures and slides. I even gave a demo on Cutting Silhouettes and it was well received. Marie
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 Cole wrote:
great silhouettes! just looking up your address for Joe so that we can send you a contract. [Home Page]
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 Graham wrote:
I was interested in Pura Foods Ltd as I work their
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 annonymous wrote:
so good to have found you. I have been looking for you for ages!!!!
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 Ben Jones wrote:
Cool. I'll have to go back when I have more time
On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 Bill wrote:
Great!! I felt the cold in your barn
On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 Marilyn Page wrote:
Hi Charles we are from Gables guest house in Birmingham, thank you so much for your stay with us and for your silhouettes of John and myself. You are very talented and we hope that you will come and stay with us again.
We are putting our portraits in the hallway so that we can recommend you to our other residents.
On Sun, 4 Jun 2000 Jan (aka John)Hassebroek wrote:
In the first place, I liked what I found! My daughter found in her 'old' papers a piece that shows a Shepherd on the left,two sheep and a dog! The piece seems to be signed by on the right-hand bottom by a Tineke H. She uploaded the scan of it to our private Familly Site and a discussion followed.
I had recognized it as a Silhouette-cutting! But went in search for the background and found the story about the french finance minister...we have a lively discussion going at the moment. There's more to tell but I'm running out of
room.
My compliments for a nice Site and a very nice art-form/JAN
On Thu, 4 May 2000 annonymous wrote:
Thank you for having this page on the net. I got into this page because we our doing an Hertiage Arts Festival at our school and I will be doing silhouettes. I wanted to put up some information for the kids to read and learn about the history of silhouettes. I am always amazed at the wonderful things that I can find on the net to use in the classroom. Again thank you for this webpage.
On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 annonymous wrote:
Very clever, possible new addition we could offer our clients for their events! We are often asked for something that bit different.[Home Page]
On Mon, 6 Mar 2000 annonymous wrote:
Brilliant! I met you at CONFEX and since then I have shown everyone I meet the silhouette you did of me! Everyone is amazed at such an accurate image can be "cut out" in under 90 seconds!! I will be recommending you to anyone that listens!
On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 Jennifer Tipton wrote:
This was great! Your websight is exactly what I was looking for! I would like to open a tea room/garden and I want the art of silhouettes to be included.:) I'm glad to know you exist.
On Sat, 11 Dec 1999 JC wrote:
Looks awesome! Keep up great work! Seeya!
On Sun, 14 Nov 1999 Nancie Calnon wrote:
I have recently begun a silhouette collection...can't believe how hard it is to try to research this field...with 10 books for reference on my shelf I rival my local library system's 3. I don't understand why there is so little respect for this art form..why would anyione sell these little jewels to me for as little as $2.00!
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999 anonymous wrote:
I'm just begining my Gcse's at School and your website was brill to get classy stuff for my projects.......thanks Zania.
I*m reading wurthering heights
On Wed, 9 Jun 1999 Gail Antrobus wrote:
Interesting! Unfortunately did not have time to stay longer.
We are in the process of booking you for an anniversary celebration for one of our clients in Leeds in October and look forward to seeing you then.
On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 Robert MacInnis wrote:
Thanks for the expeerience! I am sitting at a library computer - very fast for me. At home, it takes about 40 minutes to pull up one page. So, I intend to get a faster computer
On Fri, 14 May 1999 anonymous wrote:
Well what can I say!!!!
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999 ken robins wrote:
Congratulations - as one professional to another.I am new to the internet, this inspires me to work in the medium, but on different subjects, see you soon, Ken from Reading.
Fabulous work.Keep it up.
On Sat, 10 Apr 1999 Bev Thurner wrote:
Pretty neat.
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 Mrs. Gavrish wrote:
I like it.
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 Ewen Mackenzie-Bowie wrote:
No time to look at the website now, but we really liked the silhouettes you did of us yesterday! Thankyou.
On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 Tony Houlihan wrote:
I was looking for MZ related stuff and found the vehicle you use for relating your art to the masses!
On Sat, 13 Feb 1999 annonymous wrote:
great pictures,good read
On Sun, 10 Jan 1999 annonymous wrote:
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
On Tue, 29 Dec 1998 Pete Walk wrote:
Nice MZ
On Sat, 12 Dec 1998 annonymous wrote:
Eccentric and charming! A great web-site that was interesting, fun and educational to explore!
On Sun, 15 Nov 1998 annonymous wrote:
Wonderful! Absolutely amazing! I have never encountered any forms of art like this before, I never thought it existed! I'm an artist myself and I was so enchanted with your work. They are beautiful!
On Thu, 22 Oct 1998 Walt Racker wrote:
Very nice,
The pages were a little hard to read on my PC because of all the background graphics. I was hoping to learn more about the origin of the term and whether its patronymic was a silhouettist. Do you know anything about him? All I know is that he head of the French finances during the revolution.
On Sun, 18 Oct 1998 David Briscoe wrote:
Great bike,I own an ETZ251 KANUNI.Its being rebuilt at the
moment. Its good to see a customised bike. Im a member of the MZ riders club, and I live in Salford, Manchester.
On Fri, 9 Oct 1998 annonymous wrote:
I think it is brilliant - especially the parlour and I will be sending you some photos very shortly of myself and my partner. I can't beleive value for money!
I will be looking around this in more in detail as there is so much to see. I live in Orpington in Kent and would be interested to know if you were going to be exhibiting in the area and I could pop along to see more of your work as it is fascinating.
Well done with the site - I am impressed and will send you photos soon.
Hannah
On Wed, 7 Oct 1998 Susan Welch wrote:
Very interesting.
I was the lady in the blue suit in the Stand opposite you at Olympia this week and was fascinated to watch you work.
I am showing your silhouettes to colleagues and they are all amazed. The full length one is magnificent and I think I shall make a large one of that to stand in front of my students when I am not there!!
As I said, I would love to recommend you for some bookings as I am sometimes involved with Charity dinners or hotel company events. I have just checked out one date later this month, but unfortunately you are booked already.
Anyway - I shall certainly mention your name to organisers whenever I can.
Thanks again for the two silhouettes. You have a rare skill.
Sue Welch
On Fri, 2 Oct 1998 annonymous wrote:
You are a very talented fellow!!!!!
On Mon, 28 Sep 1998 annonymous wrote:
I love silhouettes. I love the history behind them. I have had my daughters' silhouettes cut twice, at ages 3 1/2 years and 3 months then again at ages 6 years and 2 1/2 years. Your website is wonderful! Too bad you are in the UK. So far from the US. Come visit and bring your scissors!
On Sat, 19 Sep 1998 Leslie wrote:
very nice!
On Sat, 12 Sep 1998 james wrote:
v neat, simple and it works. I loved the images.[Home Page]
On Sun, 30 Aug 1998 Karin Wells wrote:
I love shilhouettes! I often begin the design of my portrait work with a shlhouette. Please visit my website at: [Home Page]
Hope you can see what I mean.
Thanks,
Karin Wells
On Mon, 24 Aug 1998 ??? wrote:
I haven't got to look at it all yet. So far I am Very impressed. I can't wait to set up an e-mail address!_____
and:
"Ditto, as above. I am new at a computer my grandson in college lives with me. He will have to give me a hand!"
On Sun, 28 Jun 1998 annonymous wrote:
I felt for a brief Sunday afternoon , that I had a personal tour in you beatiful home, and you showed me your passion of Silhouette cuttings. What a wonderful imaginary trip!!!!
On Fri, 29 May 1998 Derek Bowen wrote:
Got here via Nigel Kennedy search.
I know Kazumi from the Japanese Network.
Have met in your barn.
What a small world!
Bye DEREK
On Sun, 28 Dec 1997 Peter Swanson wrote:
Please visit our family web site if you have a chance; your work is there.
Would like to see some more of your life drawings some time, so please keep me informed. [Home Page]
On Wed, 17 Dec 1997 carol grein wrote:
am amazed and so glad i found you, now i have to gather my
stuff and contact you so i can get my grandchildren down
on paper.
On Sat, 6 Dec 1997 annonymous wrote:
Seen your work first hand.....Great!
On Thu, 27 Nov 1997 Duncan Pritchard wrote:
An interesting pag ei stumbled onto whilst doing a web search for MZ info. A rare find indeed.
On Sat, 22 Nov 1997 Liesbeth Deweerdt wrote:
i was very surprised to see such a good website, i really liked the matches in the basement. The caricatures are very beautiful.
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997 HappyFrog wrote:
Great job, like the layout. I sent you comments from the pond page. some of your graphics arent loading properly for my browser.
On Sat, 4 Oct 1997 Katherine Courtney wrote:
Wow.........I will have to come back! I missed part of it.
Since I put a link to your page, I have recieved email that I should check this out again......so I did.......and glad I did....love the pastels.......
Katherine Sahlin Courtney
On Fri, 3 Oct 1997 june shepherd wrote:
i am a silhouette artist in my home state of west virginia, usa and enjoy looking and reading about other artists of the same interest. your page is a wonderful example of our talent. be looking forward to viewing your page on my son's computer again.
On Mon, 22 Sep 1997 anon. wrote:
Very impressive. Great show of ingenuity and imagination!
On Tue, 2 Sep 1997 Leslie Guyomard wrote:
i enjoyed this very much and will be back again. this has inspired me for my own home page. take care.
On Mon, 18 Aug 1997 David Brevard wrote:
I am trying to find out more about an English silhouette artist who lived and worked in New York about 1900. Actually he is my wife's Great Grandad. Frank Selwyn Fidler. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks DBB
On 12 Aug 1997 an anon wrote:
I love all the samples of sillhouettes! For a fledgling sillhouettist like myself, all the new ideas are great.
On 30 Jul 1997 Kerch McConlogue wrote:
i am on a quest for some other information and heard good things about the artSearch pages.. i am a cut paper artist.. so the silhouette connection was too intreaguing to pass up. i have sent your URL to the editor of the Guild of American Papercutters.. theywill probalby list it in their newsletter.. and maybe you'll get a bunch more hits.. the site IS extensive.. and looks really beautiful
On 28 Jul 1997 Monica Calhoun wrote:
I am truely impressed! I had no idea that I would be able to find such quality work on the web. I was just going to take a chance and look up "silhouette artists". Boy, was I surprised when I found your web site. I thought the guided tour was NEAT idea. Keep up the good work!!!!
On 1 Jun 1997 Connie Squires wrote:
I have started doing silhouettes in the past year and it helped me to see your different methods of cutting. Basically to learn as much as I can.
On 23 Apr 1997 Leslie Tamayo wrote:
This is my first visit to you ab-fab site and I'm truly impressed with your skills as well as the variety of styles shown in your silhouettes! One example: your rained-out balloon launch had me mesmerized -- the individuals show so much personality and their blocky bodies project the wistful emotions they must have felt as they waited in vain for the rain to stop. That was not the only one to hold my attention as I examined every detail, but this note is running long enough as it is!
As a youngster, I read from a series of biographies focused on the famous, person's childhood. The illustrations were all silhouettes (no highlighting, but very evocative of the person, setting, and activity). Ever since then I've been a major fan of silhouette illustration and am enchanted by your work. By the way, the only reason I didn't check off more areas visited is that I haven't gotten to them yet! I'll have to come back for that as it's now past 2am (I think I must have been here an hour just looking at the Samples section) and don't have time to do justice to your mystery tour of the silhouette parlor wall hangings. :-)
On 22 Apr 1997 Yael Hoz wrote:
Nice but I would like to have more details about you as a silhouette cutter and about your works.
(Mrs.) Yael Hoz (researcher of the art of papercutting)
On 17 Apr 1997 sister clarice steinfeldt wrote:
interested in different silhouettes which you do....keep cutting!
On 15 Apr 1997 JENNIFER DUNN wrote:
LOVELY OLD BARN--THANKS--AM INTERESTED IN GARDENS AND PONDS -KEEP WARM
On 10 Apr 1997 Adam Greaves wrote:
My wife and I met Charles and family in Barcelona. In under two minutes he did a silhouette of my three year old daughter that is so similar that I was moved.
His work is damned good, and the images on this sight do not do him justice.
Regards
Adam
This is aimed not at Charles, but other readers.
On 7 Apr 1997 T L Burch wrote:
I'm still looking and will probably be back. At this point
I am looking for a paticular silhouette. I live in "cowboy"
country and I'm looking for western things.
On 29 Mar 1997 Bill Cooper wrote:
Its big so I have pagemarked it to come back to later
On 27 Mar 1997 William Hahn wrote:
Fascinating. Will be back for more.
On 15 Mar 1997 Dave wrote:
Enjoyed your work - and especially like the design of the site.
On 17 Feb 1997 Kimberly Wiswell wrote:
Loved it! Great site...I plan to return. I collect silhouettes, albeit not in the league you're in. All I'm able to find here in southern California are cheap copies, old reverse paints, and some hand-cut ones that look like they may have been done at home?!? I prefer the ones of children. After looking at your collection, though, I think I'll make an effort to find some real ones. Thanks for the lovely tour...
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