Great Silhouette Artists in Department stores for the Holidays! By Paper Details

 

 

 

Great Silhouette Artists in Department stores for the Holidays!

By Paper Details

 

Have you ever been to one of your favorite glam department stores,

and where wowed by a silhouette artist? Many of them, not from the area,

came in especially to do cherished silhouettes of your family. As a fourth

generation artist, and silhouette artist for over 35 years, Cindi Harwood

Rose, tells of the tradition: After she did silhouettes as a teen and

college student for Disney themed amusement parks, the artist then shifted

to department stores, business conventions, and special events to hand-cut

profiles in the classic lost art style. This is the popular art that

predates the camera, where the fine artist actually draws with a scissors,

or directly cuts out a profile while viewing a person or subject. In stores

the work should be more modern, than what you may have had in a theme park.

However, the artists who did work in the parks, are often the most detailed

of the silhouette artists, and are the best with children and families.

In this article, we researched to find that skilled silhouette

artists: Cindi Harwood, Kathryn Flocken, and Virginia Rose, have all done

silhouettes at specialty stores throughout the US, and abroad. Cindi's list

alone includes Neiman-Marcus, the once Kaufman's in Pittsburgh, Bergdorf

Goodman in NY, Saks Fifth Avenue in Houston, Palm Beach, Bal Harbor Florida,

Beverly Hills, The Dillard's stores in Texas, Macy's in many cities

including NY, Nordstrom's, the once lovely Sakowitz in Arizona and Texas.

Kathryn's work has been in demand in the same quality stores throughout the

US, and in Florida, Ga., Alabama, Mississippi, Canada, and New York, while

K. Housel Bogue had been popular across the globe for many Macy's and

Dillard's stores for many years. The Dallas silhouette artist, Virginia

Rose (not related to Cindi Harwood Rose), has also been seen across the

globe at the Dillard's, Macy's and Sanger-Harris stores in Dallas Fort Worth

areas. Tim Arnold has also worked at the Dillard's stores and local stores

in neighborhoods. These are America's most established, experienced, and

prolific silhouette artists. Most are from generations of artists, came by

their skill naturally, and love to work with all art mediums, and for gifts

around special occasions. All of these skilled scissor artists find great

joy in the art itself, and each can do intricate details, all with many fine

cuts.

One of America's premier silhouette artists, Cindi Rose, will be

featured in Palm Beach Saks Fifth Avenue, for pre-holiday gifts on November

7 through 9. Her work is now considered collectable, and some of her early

works have gone for hundreds. Her silhouettes of Golda Mier, and Liberace,

President Bush, are legendary. For more information, or to book the top

silhouette artist at your store or wedding event, contact

SilhouettesbyCindi.com

You don't have to wait for Kathryn to come to your specialty store

in your area to get one of her great works. Just order by mail, and get the

most gorgeous keepsake possible, or contact her directly, to get a special

pet silhouette portrait, or bride and groom full-length silhouette through

Paperportraits.com Kathryn can also do entire school fundraisers by mail

(send her the CD), or total generations of families by e-mail. Her interior

cuts are incredible, and she is the nation's top book author

On the subject, you can buy her book, "Discovering the Lost Art" through

amazon.com

 

 Silhouette artists are unique, they are gifted, and the art can't be

"taught". There are some average silhouette artists, but from research

thought many websites, and from silhouette historians, these are America's

best!