2008 Vol. 23 No. 02 Spring

2008 Vol. 23 No. 01 Winter

2007 Vol. 22 No. 04 Autumn

2007 Vol. 22 No. 03 Summer

• Guild Business: Collection 2008; GAP''s 20th Anniversary
• Summer Papercutting by Various Member Artists
• Unwanted Email (or, Open This Email at Your Own Peril) by Neal Kling
• Cuttings from the Past by Susan S Hahn
• Transitions by Debbie Baird
• Teleidoscope Cutings by Cynthia Franseen
• 6th Swiss Papercutting Exhibition (Swiss National Museum - Prangins, Switzerland) by Catherine Winkler Rayroud
• Light Artistry and Papercutting by Britta Kling
• How to Cut a Multi-Colored Rooster Papercutting by Carolyn Guest
• The World of Papercutting is all Around Us! by Dan Deslaurier
• More Papercuttings from Members

2007 Vol. 22 No. 02 Spring

• Inquiry to Collection 2008 (form)
• A Celebration of Paper by Susan Throckmorton
• Cuttings from the Past by Susan Hahn
• Floral Papercuttings by Anne Leslie, Sr. Clarice Steinfeldt, and Edie Johnstone
• From My Husband''s Sketchbook by Cynthia Franseen
• Papttern, Papercuttings, & Originality by Members from Online Group
• Papercutter Profile - Joe Bagley
• A Papercutter Keeps on the Move by Monika Krajewska
• More Papercuttings from Members

2007 Vol. 22 No. 01 Winter

• A Christmas Tree Experience by Trudy Kauffman
• CityScape Papercuttings (artwork)
• John Borwn Walker, A Midwest Paper Cut Artist by Marie-Helene Grabman
• Love''s Garden by Nancy Rosin
• Papercutter Profile - Peggy Gleason
• So, You Want to by an Illustrator? by Shannon Reinbold-Gee
• More CityScape Papercuttings (artwork)
• A Mark for Love and Affection by Nancy Rosin
• Reviewing a Papercutting Festival by Alice Helen Masek

2006 Vol. 21 No. 04 Autumn

• You Know Your a Papercutter... by Shannon Reinbold-Gee
• WikePedia by David Dorfmueller
• Despedida de Soltera (Bridal Shower) by Beatriz Goodpasture
• Looking Back at San Antonio Collection 2006 by Judith Meyers
• Papercutter Profile - Alan Schwartz
• CatCuts by Susan Throckmorton
• ATC Workshop by Beatriz Goodpasture
• Words into Papercutting: Poetry & Papercuttings by Patricia Turner
• Calendar Completion (artwork)
• Submission Alert

2006 Vol. 21 No. 03 Summer

• Original Tree Papercuttings by Ursula Kirchner
• Sandal Papercuttings by Various Members
• The History of Bookmarks from www.miragebookmark.ch
• Bookmarks: A Personal Passion by Laura Roberts
• Trading Bookmarks by Patti Rooks
• Papercutter Profile - Catherine Winkler Rayroud
• Caring for Works of Art on Paper by Jenny Beers
• Patterns, Similarities, and the Original Design of Papercutting by Gene Toutsi and the Yahoo Group Members
• The Arts and Crafts of Paper Dolls by Susan S. Hahn
• Papercuts and Poetry by Pat Stuntz
• Original Poety and Papercutting by Ursula Hamann
• Maori Design by Britta Kling

2006 Vol. 21 No. 02 Spring

• Papercutter Profile - Shannon Reinbold-Gee
• Papercutting Trade by Patti Rooks
• Traditional Versus Social Realism - The Use of Papercutting as Propaganda Under Polish Communism by Susan Throckmorton
• Papercutter Profile - Trudy Kauffman
• Papercutter Profile - Maria Milagros Ortiz
• We Can Be Books - Part 2 by Shannon Reinbold-Gee

2006 Vol. 21 No. 01 Winter

• Winter by William Shakespeare - Papercut by Patricia Turner
• Paper Lace - Wictorian Cutwork with Perforated Paper by Joan Sulecki
• We Can Be Booked! by Shannon Reinbold-Gee
• Papercutter Profile - Verlie Murphy
• A Rebus Valentine - Game of Love by Nancy Rosin
• Design a Process by Clark Britton
• Designing One of My Books by Suzi Zimmerer
• My Design Process by Dena Levie
• A New Papercutting Site and Directory by David Dorfmueller
• Firanki - Poland''s First Papercuttings by Susan Throckmorton
• Keep Spreading the Word with Scissors by Ruth Grabner

2005 Vol. 20 No. 04 Autumn

• Call for Entries - Two Upcoming Exhibit
• Recollections of Collections and an Invitation by Judith Meyers
• Papercutter Profile - Clark Britton
• Another Great Project from Class by Merren Booth
• Alpine Folk Art Symbolism by Katrina Benneck
• A Vision and Challenge for the Future by Debbie (Tilly) Baird
• Papercutes: A Design Source for Hex Signs? by Pat Stuntz
• Somerset County Barn Stars and Papercutting by Kathy Trexel Reed
• Papercutter Profile - Linda J Gomez
• The Language and Setiment of Flowers - From Prof. Tho. E Hiil''s Book Hill''s Manual of Social and Business Forms: 19th C.

2005 Vol. 20 No. 03 Summer

• New Ideas for Judaic Papercuts - Flea Markets, Yard Sales and Traditions by Naomi Hordes
• Papercutter Profile - Florinda Stimel
• Papecuter Profile - Gerlof Smit
• Fastening Paper Sculptures Together - Bonding Art Ppaers with Glues, Pastes, and Adhesives
• Putting It Down
• Papercutter Profile - Anna Kronick

2005 Vol. 20 No. 02 Spring

• Papercutter Profile - Gene Mason Toutsi
• Papercutter Profile - Dena Levie
• Papercutters Online - A Roadmap for Meeting New Technology
• Bait Box Exhibit by Judith Meyers
• Silhouettes of Schingen by Gerlof Smit
• Show Alert!

2005 Vol. 19 No. 01 Winter

• Reflection of Asilomar
• A book of Papercuts
• The Envelope-Messenger of Paper Dreams
• Papercutter profile: Susan Hahn
• Vintage Valentines
• Papercutter profile: Greg Everingham
• Tangled Hearts

2004 Vol. 18 No. 04 Autumn

• Collection 2004 at Asilomar:
• Silhouette Workshop
• Popping-up at Asilomar
• 3D Sit on the Shelf Papercut
• Hans Christian Andersen: the Man, his Tales and his Paper Cuttings
• Making Pictures from Painted Paper
• Cutters'' Circle
• The Art of Chinese Papercutting
• How to Make a Christmas Tree
• Birthday Calendar Order Form

2004 Vol. 18 No. 03 Summer

• New England Adventures
• A Vision for the Future of GAP
• Kuna and Otomi Papercutting for Young Artists
• Tree
• From Papercut to Print

2004 Vol. 18 No. 02 Spring

• The Dorfmuellers, a family portrait
• The History of Envelopes by Pat Stuntz
• William Oellers
• Ursula Kirchner
• Paper Meets Metal in Bandera, TX
• Patricia Turner
• Housel family of Cutters
• The Silhouette of Jiangnan

2004 Vol. 18 No. 01 Winter

• Ugo Mochi_ an introduction to Ugo Mochi''s work by his daughter, Jeanne Tartaglia.
• Papercutter profile: Joyce Yarbrough
• Hearts and Flowers, eternal symbols of Love by Nancy Rosin
• Ueli Hofer visits New York City
• Proposal for the GAP permanent collection by Kathy Trexel Reed
• Collection 2004, papercutting in the dunes
• Immortalized in Iron by Hudith Meyers
• Paper Facts by Pat Stuntz
• Wrapping it up: ideas to make envelopes

2003 Vol. 17 No. 04 Autumn

• The Paper Mosaicks - of Mary Delany
• Introducing the Next Generation of Papercutters by President, Kay Buchanan
• Steam in Silhouette - Article, reprinted with permission
• Papercutter Profile - Brigitte Prommegger-Weilguni
• Dos Culturas - A report of a workshop in a Los Angeles art center.
• Putting Christ Back into Christmas
• Wronged Despite a Copyright
• Hushylder - Danish Christmas Tree Ornament Tradition by member Rick Marzullo

2003 Vol. 17 No. 03 Summer

• Chapter Bits & Pieces - A new component of FirstCut describing the activities of the various state chapters of the Guild of American Papercutters
• Tree of Life - Suzi Zimmerer uses her designing and papercutting skills to interpret a single theme.
• From Stone to Paper - A Talk With Papercutter Monika Krajewska - Author Susan Throckmorton writes about her meeting with Monika Krajewska and shares several of Monika''s papercuttings.
• Castle Shows Silhouettes - Ruth Grabner travels to Germany and discovers a papercutting show while on a castle tour.
• Booth Etiquette -Techniques for Vending at Fairs and Festivals - Basic good-neighbor techniques for setting up a papercutting booth at fairs, festivals, and shows.
• Amate Picado: Otomi Indian Papercuttings - Explanation with examples of Otomi Indian papercuttings.
• Kids Cuts - Youngsters being taught by Guild members show the results of their efforts.

2003 Vol. 17 No. 02 Spring

• Papercutter Profile -- Mary Olive Eddy Jones
• Meet & greet in Texas by Barbara Ann Peterson
• Approaching different venue for the Traveling Shows by Nancy Cook.
• Images from an unpublished childrens book by Keith Kleespies
• Probing the Jewish papercutting tradition by Joseph and Yehudit Shadur
• Building a museum of papercutting by Joseph W. Bean
• Chinese papercuts: the gardens and stories by Richard P. Shemetulskis CAM

2003 Vol. 17 No. 01 Winter

• Some News from our Swiss Members -- An article written by Lucrezia Beerli-Bieler about the works and publications of several of our Swiss members: Ernst Oppliger, Esther Zoller, and Ueli Hofer
• Papercutter Profile -- Merren Booth & Andrew Meserole
• Youthful Valentines and Gifts from the Heart -- An indept look at historical Valentines from young cutters and the place of papercutting in Friedrich Froebel''s (Germany, 1830''s) teaching concepts by Valentine historian, Nancy Rosin.
• Papercutter Profile -- Jupi Das
• Introducing Paper Arts and Cutting to Children -- Techniques for introducing young children (4-9 years old) to papercutting by Susan Fulcher.

2002 Vol. 16 No. 04 Autumn

• Pop-Up Papercutting -- An article detailing the various sources for pursuing pop-up papercut greeting cards.
• Some Tips on Using Loupes -- An informative article written by an optometrist about using magnifiers and loupes when doing detailed art such as papercutting.
• Birds of Fancy -- An article with diagrams explaining and showing the steps needed to make a three dimensional bird suitable for decorative purpose.
• Sr. Mary Jean Dorcy / Papercutter -- An historical article by dan paulos, founder of the saint bernadette art institute, about the Dominican sister and the delicate religious papercutting that inspired, and still inspires, so many artists.
• Cutting Stars -- Instruction and diagrams for cutting four, five, and six point stars.
• Tree of Life Design -- Symbolism for images to be combined as gift-giving messages cut from paper.

2002 Vol. 16 No. 03 Summer

• Reviewing Collection 2002 - A review of the presentations and workshops held at the bi-annual conference for the Guild of American Papercutters.
• Papercutter Profile/Kling - A spotlight on California papercutter Wendell Kling.
• Papercutting Studios - A visit to the studios of many papercutting artists. The studios vary in complexity from elaborate floorplans to modest kitchen tables.
• Wildflowers & Papercuts - A comparative review of two historic botanical papercutters, Emmler and Runge. Inlcudes techniques for cutting botanical images.
• Papercutting Art of the Philippines - An article describing the Philippine custom of wrapping traditional candy, Polvoron, with papercutting.
• Reviewing Contact Day 2002 - A review of the papercutting conference held by The Dutch Organization for Silhouette Cutting in the Netherlands.

2002 Vol. 15 No. 02 Spring

• Scherenmuseums in Germany: by Britta Kling
• Polish Jewish and Polish Peasant papercutting by Sue Throckmorton
• Care and Handling of Traveling Shows by Nancy Cook
• Likenesses in Profile Silhouette by Pat Stuntz
• Chinese Wall flowers by Richard P.Shemetulskis
• Papel Picado by Kathleen Trenchard
• Papercutters profile:
• Walter Kopp, the mobile artist
• Lidia Schinkel from Denmark
• Richard Goodall
• Yoomi Kim Yoon

2002 Vol. 15 No. 01 Winter

• In the Right Time at the Right Place, a Travel Story by Britta Kling
• Got a Card? The Printed Words of a Papercutting Business
• On the Road to be Professional by Kerch McConlogue
• To Show or not to Show?
• The Endless Knot of Love, an enduring image of love and devotion by Nancy Rosin
• Happy Happenings for a Silhouettist by Ruth Grabner
• The Paper Chase, literally and figuratively by Bonnie Sparks
• Writing to Request a Grant- an example

2001 Vol. 14 No. 04 Autumn

• Papercutters profile: Patti Rooks
• Papercutting in the Deep South
• Flow
• Rosh Hashannah & Yom Kippur, a holiday remembrance
• Pop-up cards
• Papercutter profile: Angela Mohr

2001 Vol. 14 No. 03 Summer

• Papercutter profile:Aki Sogabe
• Papercutter profile: Barbara Buchkingham
• The art of using papercuttings as pochoirs and stencils by Beatrice Coron

2001 Vol. 14 No. 02 Spring

• Easter Eggs, Polish-Styles -- An article by Susan Throckmorton about the Polish decorating of eggs with papercutting. Includes directions for making a dzbanuszk, a miniature egg pitcher.
• Papercuts of the Cultural Revolution Era -- An informative exploration by Jianglin Li about papercutting during the Cultural Revolution in China.
• Enter a Traveling Show! Some Tips for Exhibition Preparation -- Sr. Clarice Steinfeldt explains the details of preparing a papercutting for a traveling show. Includes photographs of hardware.
• Papercutter Profile -- Jill Turner
• Simplicity -- Stu Copans talks about the process of simplicity in papercutting and exploring techniques for doing 1 - 3 minute cuttings.
• Papercutter Meet & Greet -- Sharyn Sowell meets Yehudit Shadur in Seattle''s Temple Beth Am.

2001 Vol. 14 No. 01 Winter

• Papercutter profile: Anne Leslie
• Chinese New Year by Richard Shemetulskis
• Papercutter profile: Benjamin Parker
• Papercut Love messages by Nancy Rosin
• Papercutter profile: Ann Whitcomb
• Papercutter profile: Simer Srivastava
• Papercutter profile: Andrew Scialdone
• inspiration for a valentine

2000 Vol. 13 No. 04 Autumn

• The Devotional: Precursor of the Valentine by Nancy Rosin
• The Heart and Its Variations on Jewish Bookbindings by Yael Hoz
• How to construct a Paper Sculpted Valentine Cherub
• Gertrude Langerstrom''s Dedication to the Scissors by Lynn de Rosa
• Prayerful and Communal Papercutting by Alice Helen Masic

2000 Vol. 13 No. 03 Summer

• Notes from a biblio-file b Steven Woodbury
• Papercutter profile: Randel McGee
• Symbol in folk art by Katrina Benneck
• Papercutter profile:Neil Haring
• Lotte Reiniger and the Dancing Silhouettes by Randel McGee

2000 Vol. 13 No. 02 Spring

• Palindromes -- A review of a papercutting show for the artist Randal Thurston, Palindromes.
• Silhouettes -- A review of an antique silhouette by Claudia Hopf.
• Carved Paper, The Art of the Japanese Stencil -- A catalog review by Steve Woodbury about an exhibition organized by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
• Jewish Fertility Symbols -- An article by Mindy Shapiro about images used in papercuttings based on Jewish texts about fertility amulets.
• Papercutter Profile -- Andrea Wisnewski
• Papercutter Profile -- Fan Pu

2000 Vol. 13 No. 01 Winter

• "Dia de los Muertos, Honoring Those Gone, But Not Forgotten" by Beatrice Goodpasture
• "Szopki, the Christmas Cresches of Cracow" by Sue Throckmorton
• "Recollections of Collection 2000" summaries of the workshops offered at Collection 2000 in Colorado

1999 Vol. 12 No. 04 Autumn

• Meet Bea Goodpasture: GAP Mexican Editor
• Papel picado illustrated by Carmen Lomas Garza
• Visit with the Luthers by David Shelly
• Papercutter profile: Kerch McConlogue
• Autumn theme papercuttings

1999 Vol. 12 No. 03 Summer

• Papercutter profile: Linda McGuire
• Meet Gap silhouette editor Ruth Grabner
• Silhouettes-rediscovering the lost art by Kathy Flocken
• How to make a paper sculpture chessman
• Summer theme papercuttings

1999 Vol. 12 No. 02 Spring

• Antique papercutting by Claudia Hopf
• Noah''s ark patterns
• Papercutter profile: Sister Clarice Steinfeldt, SDS

1999 Vol. 12 No. 01 Winter

• Collecting and connecting by Candy McDaniel
• Antique Valentines by Nancy Rosin
• Papercutter profile: Paul Beal
• Winter theme papercuttings

1998 Vol. 12 No. 02 Summer

• A Switzerland journey by Ed Schaich
• The eagle revisited, celebrating the 4th of July
• Papercutter profile: Sandra Gilpin