Cut Out Bouquet childrens book Lilly Martin Spencer

Lilly Martin Spencer

As she stretches canvases until her fingers blister

Taking in the likes of the grand

leaving behind an enormous hidden deficit

Cut Out Bouquet childrens book Lilly Martin SpencerThis Cut Out Bouquet is inspired by paper cut traditions made by artists from around the world. In Poland the paper cut tradition is called Wycinanki; and the brightly colored paper paintings are made for holidays and celebrations. The Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe of South Dakota made paper cut outs initially to serve as patterns for beadwork, quillwork and other ornaments to be applied to clothing canoes and toys. In time the tradition became so