Silhouettes by Cindi in the Jewish Herald!
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Monday, July 30, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Loving Silhouettes by Cindi Rose
Whether you are surprising a loved one with a silhouette fine art gift, or having an art expanding experience, Cindi Harwood Rose’s silhouette artistry can capture cherished events, and individual’s profile features and expressions, as shared in this customer review by Alexander Moore.
Client Feedback
My fiance, my daughter, and I sat for silhouettes and I simply could not be more pleased with the experience. I thought I would feel a bit overwhelmed by her fame (she is the world's fastest, has done Queen Elizabeth, etc), but Cindi was entertaining and amiable, a joy to be around, and every bit as elegant and refined as I expected. My daughter learned a lot about art and poise from the experience. Her work is both classic and contemporary, like Cindi herself, actually. We'll cherish the gorgeous silhouettes for a long, long time, bargains at twice the price, and likely ask her to be a part of our wedding, too. Cindi was the perfect choice, hands down.
Customer Ratings
On a scale of 1 to 5 (1=lowest, 5=highest), how would you rate Cindi Harwood Rose in terms of their professionalism? 5
On a scale of 1 to 5 (1=lowest, 5=highest), how would you rate Cindi Harwood Rose in terms of their overall talent? 5
On a scale of 1 to 5 (1=lowest, 5=highest), how accommodating was Cindi Harwood Rose in handling special requests for your event? 5
On a scale of 1 to 5 (1=lowest, 5=highest), how strongly would you recommend Cindi Harwood Rose to a friend? 5
And finally, on a scale of 1 to 5 (1=lowest, 5=highest), how would you rate your overall satisfaction with Cindi Harwood Rose? 5
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Client Feedback from a Wedding
Client Feedback
Cindi was truly an amazing woman to work with. She flew from Houston to Denver to cut silhouettes at my wedding reception and it was truly the event of the night. All the guests loved her and thought that the idea of getting your silhouette cut was such a unique idea. The guests also loved sitting and chatting with her and she made the wedding such a wonderful experience. She is a true professional in how she handles herself and we are so lucky to have had her at our wedding! Our wedding silhouettes turned out beautifully and we hope Cindi all the best in the future. We even got to meet her husband and he was also very sweet. I would recommend Cindi to anybody!
Customer Ratings
On a scale of 1 to 5 (1=lowest, 5=highest), how would you rate Cindi Harwood Rose in terms of their professionalism? 5
On a scale of 1 to 5 (1=lowest, 5=highest), how would you rate Cindi Harwood Rose in terms of their overall talent? 5
On a scale of 1 to 5 (1=lowest, 5=highest), how accommodating was Cindi Harwood Rose in handling special requests for your event? 5
On a scale of 1 to 5 (1=lowest, 5=highest), how strongly would you recommend Cindi Harwood Rose to a friend? 5
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Silhouette Wedding Wonderful Review by Sue Anne McKinney
Silhouette Wedding Wonderful Review by Sue Anne McKinney
"Amazing" was the comment we heard over and over from our guests at our daughter's wedding last night. Cindi's talent is remarkable and we had guests that would not leave (even after bride and groom were gone!) until they had their silhouette done by Cindi. The catering staff and the venue staff all commented on the uniqueness of her talent and how well it went with a wedding reception. The portraits were beautiful and likenesses so accurate. Our guests and our daughter and son in law left with a special gift that will last a very long time. Thank you, Cindi!
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Contemporary Cindi Rose Silhouettes
Contemporary Cindi Rose Silhouettes
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
DisneyWorld cutting edge silhouette artists, Cindi and Holly Harwood tell-all!
DisneyWorld cutting edge silhouette artists, Cindi and Holly Harwood tell-all!
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Collars for a cause
Collars for a cause
Be sure to stop by Momentum tonight for the great charity “Collars for a cause”. My daughter, Erica Rose, and I created a few hand-jeweled pet collars to donate, and I donated a framed animal and pet silhouette, I handcut and framed. Diane Caplan Brown will love you to attend, check the invite out on Facebook. Pictured is Hampton and Shayna, and a Chinese cat silhouette papercutting, to show two art styles, one thousands of years old, another a few hundred years old, but both contemporary herilooms at any time or in any culture.
Kenneth J. Downing strikes a cool silhouette
Kenneth J. Downing strikes a cool silhouette
By Deborah J. Miller
International traveler, yet Dallas resident, Kenneth J. Downing, recently created quite a buzz with his juxtaposition of silhouettes on the runway for Neiman-Marcus in Houston. The event was The Spirit of Spring Children’s Assessment Center Luncheon, chaired by slender fashion plates Diane Caplan Brown and Nancy Marcus (where did she get that middle name?) Golden, formerly of Dallas and Beverly Hills. Ken J. (as his closest friend call him) happens not to only be a television fashion diva—think Project Runway All Stars, Oprah, E! Entertainment, Fox News, he is the senior Vice President and Fashion Director of Neiman Marcus world-wide. Yet, the gift to him, that most pleased his inner child was made by humanitarian and silhouette artist Cindi Harwood Rose—his custom silhouette portrait, as shown. Cindi in Givenchy, pulled out her famous plastic surgeon husband, Franklin’s surgical scissors (or maybe her own)and some antique, thin black paper, and without a sketch, she snipped his likeness, sans the hair-cut. His golden locks, normally seen, had been trimmed, thus, fine artist, Cindi Rose, captured that, his facial features, whimsical personality, and his slender, boyish charm. “OHHHHH!” Kenneth exclaimed, “My mother will love this, she collects silhouettes and has around 600 in her home!” Cindi Rose immediately placed it into a black wooden frame with gold leaf, and jewels she had placed on the frame herself. When asked how she managed to mix the classic, modern, traditional, and antique, with humor, she explained, “It is interpretive, I could never frame a silhouette for Kenneth J. Downing in the average, that he is not.” The NM fashion show displayed art equal to Cindi Harwood Rose’s unique silhouette talents, and in themes. First, purple, then pink, then floral, next patterns with odd combinations of patterns, yet somehow fitting and quite whimsical. “This was the best Children’s Assessment Center Event I have ever been to,” Cindi Harwood Rose explained. “The Children’s Assessment Center helps children that were raped with recovery, and support. “ To donate contact Jull Buja@cac hctx.net
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Silhouette Artist Cindi Rose snips Ashley Judd for CAC
Silhouette Artist Cindi Rose snips Ashley Judd for CAC
The Children’s Assessment Center’s “Spirit of Spring” luncheon chaired by Diane Caplan and Nancy Marcus Golden was a huge success. Ken Downing and Neiman Marcus had an incredible fashion show, with colorful silhouettes streaming down the runway. Ashley Judd, Award winning actress and humanitarian gave a chat on-stage with TV personality Deborah Duncan, on how to go forward in life with trials and tragedy.
Cindi Rose says, “It was a pleasure to be part of this important group, and have the honor to cut a silhouette of Ashley Judd, who admires the art. The Children’s Assessment Center not only tries to stop sexual abuse with children, but offers support to those who have experienced a trauma such as this, to move forward in life.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Silhouette artist Cindi Harwood Rose is the Pied Piper of silhouette artists. Even wiggly children, are amazed at her magic scissors. “The scissors are like a magic wand to the children,” says Cindi, “they glisten and make shapes from special French silhouette paper”. A self-taught silhouette artist, Cindi, does not underplay the importance of natural art talents. “If you cannot draw a profile with a pencil, pen, or brush, then you could never draw with scissors,” C. H. Rose, explains. It is much harder, and that is why you rarely see real silhouette artist, who can do the lovely miniatures. By this, Cindi is speaking of the skilled artist who merely looks at a subject and cuts directly from the paper, without the use of a light, pencil, pen, or camera. This Mother’s Day, Cindi will do silhouettes in Houston at Fundamentally Toys, and in Dallas and Fort Worth, at Learning Express stores. Wiggly children, do not have to sit still, Harwood-Rose explains, not do the parents. www.silhouettesbycindi.com
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Remembering When...
Hi Cindi,
I just saw you photo on my aunt’s Facebook page (Betty Jukes) … then clicked through to your website. In the late 70s (maybe early 80s) I worked for your art business at AstroWorld. Perusing your website brought back memories of a fun summer during college when I worked two day jobs to earn extra spending money for the fall – then went to the fun summer job drawing portraits until park closing. That seems like so long ago, and yesterday – time is odd that way J
Living in Delaware with husband & daughter, enjoying life as a “big bank marketer” ... and just reaching out to say “hello”,
All the best,
Margaret (Jukes) Boone
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Disney Silhouette Artist, Holly Harwood Rose passes away.
Disney Silhouette Artist, Holly Harwood Rose passes away.
Considered by many as one of the universe’s kindest people, and perhaps, highest evolved souls, former silhouette artist, Holly Harwood Skolkin passes peacefully. Holly, was the daughter of Doris and Earl Harwood, a fine artist, and attorney. Holly was always upbeat and precious, and very talented, in all arts. She is survived by her sister, Bonny Cotlar, an intellect and humanitarian, and Cindi Harwood Rose, an internationally acclaimed silhouette artist, who also worked for Disneyland and Disneyworld. Holly’s struggle with stage 4 cancer for over 15 years, inspired Holly, Cindi, and Cindi’s husband, Dr. Franklin Rose, a renowned plastic and reconstructive surgeon, to form The Rose Ribbon Foundation 501 ( c ) ( 3 ), a non-profit which provides free reconstruction to those uninsured and underinsured. Holly remarkably was able to help others throughout her cancer opportunity, giving blessings, and doing good deeds. She was also an accomplished photographer, who became a master at inner-eye photography and diagnosing disease. Some of her peers claim that Holly Harwood Skolkin was one of the first to detect AIDS in the eye, from photos she had taken. Her husband, Dr. Mark Skolkin, is a famed radiologist, who stood by her side throughout her long sickness. It was amazing how she would find pleasure in bringing food to those sick, when she was sick, or buying clothes for the poor, but not buying clothes for herself. More than 1,400 came to her funeral, and she was buried in 1 ½ days. She is survived by her beautiful children, Emory, who works in development at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital and Dayna, a nursing student at University of Texas in Austin. Holly was an incredible mother, friend, wife, and sister, great artist, award winning photographer, and ICON in the realm of giving to many causes. She especially loved the Aishel House which provides kosher meals, housing, transportation, and child care to critically sick families who come to Houston for its wonderful medical center, considered the best in the world. Another cause that Holly served on the board on is The River, which provides art, dance, and theatre lessons to children with challenges and disabilities, including Down Syndrome, loss of sight, CP, CF, hearing impaired.
Some people call Holly, “Holly Lama, Wholy Holly (for making ill people feel whole), Holly Dolly, a guru, a saint, a mensch, and a Tzadic. Her huge smile and bright eyes, and kind heart, shown even moments before she passed. Because of her legacy, and inspiration the Rose Ribbon Foundation will soon be called the Holly Rose Ribbon Foundation. Presently, it can be found at roseribbonfoundation.org and donations can be made on-line. Silhouettes can be ordered as donations by logging on to silhouettesbycindi.com to contribute towards Silhouettes for Survivors. For more information on Holly and Cindi, check out American Profile Magazine’s story on Cindi Harwood Rose’s silhouettes for cancer survivors. Holly Harwood Skolkin
was a hero, a humanitarian, and perhaps, the most loved human on earth. Her good deeds will live on forever, she is a silhouette of a lovely, kind, great human, some say one of the top 12 souls that walked the earth of this generation.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Silhouette Artist Holly Harwood Skolkin Passes Away
Holly Harwood Skolkin passed away peacefully at home on February 10, 2012 surrounded by her family. Holly was born in Houston on June 22, 1952, to Doris Zellda and Earl Isadore Harwood. She had a happy childhood with sisters and best friends, Bonny and Cindi.At the University of Texas, Holly was an active member in Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority where she made many lifelong friends. She became a skilled silhouette artist, cutting freehand facial profile likenesses of people from Houston to Disneyland.
Following graduation in 1974 with a degree in photojournalism, she began a distinguished career in medical photography. Holly worked in the Ophthalmology Department at the University of Texas-Houston, Baylor College of Medicine, and Emory University where she produced world class fluorescein angiograms and ophthalmic ultrasounds. She served on the National Board of The Society of Retinal Angiographers.
After the birth of her children, her professional career was subrogated to raising Dayna and Emory, the joys of her life. She shared with them her love of Judaism, ethnic foods, movies, and family vacations. She adored her many nieces and nephews. Her guiding message, a variation on the Beatles lyric, was "in the end the love you make should be more than the love you take".
She involved her family and friends in her many mitzvah projects, including The River and Aishel House, two organizations for which she was a founding board member. She treasured her extended family in Hadassah and at Congregation Beth Yeshurun.
Her spirituality and optimistic attitude helped her battle stage 4 breast cancer for nearly 15 years. She was a role model, companion, and confidante for numerous cancer patients and their loved ones. It was often a difficult journey, one that inspired the creation of the Rose Ribbon Foundation by sister, Cindi, and brother-in-law, Dr. Franklin Rose, in her honor.
She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband, Mark, children, Dayna and Emory, and sisters, Bonny Cotlar and husband David, Cindi Rose and husband Franklin, and their children.
The family is most grateful to her many caregivers over the years, including doctors Richard Theriault, Gerry Cypress, and Rush Lynch, as well as Elena Velasquez and her friends in the Nursing Department at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital. Those who wish to make a memorial contribution are encouraged to support the Aishel House, Rose Ribbon Foundation, Congregation Beth Yeshurun, Friends of Nursing at St. Lukes.
Rest peacefully, our Holly Dolly, and know that we will miss you and the world is a better place because you were here.
To see the article on line, click here:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=holly-skolkin&pid=155830035&fhid=11226
Silhouette Artist Cindi Rose
Cindi Harwoood Rose is a psychic silhouette artist who by sight goes into the fourth dimension and hand-cuts a profile of individuals, healing them, and making them look like themselves, while she captures their spirit, and can guide them and inspire them while she works, as the gift of this art is G-d given.
Not only does Cindi Rose have the world speed record, in hand-cutting profiles from French silhouette paper, she is the only artist in the world that has the antique, authentic paper which is over 50 years old. Cindi Rose donates proceeds to the Rose Ribbon Foundation (501) ( c ) (3) soon to be Holly Rose Ribbon Foundation in honor and memory of her sister, Holly Harwood Skolkin, who died a week ago from a 15 year struggle with breast cancer, which went to her liver. With Holly’s love, and support while alive, they created the cancer foundation to offer wholeness of spirit and body to others with critical opportunities of all sexes, ages including wigs, eyebrows, breast reconstructed, support groups, recipes, plus the idea of giving blessings. Cindi and her husband, Dr. Franklin Rose, a reconstructive and plastic surgeon, started the foundation 7 years ago, while Holly was alive. Cindi has been doing “Silhouettes for Survivors” and was made an American Hero for that from American Profile Magazine. She goes to stores and boutiques, and they set up silhouette days, and the money goes to the foundation. A former Walt Disney artist, and fine art honor graduate, Cindi has been drawing portraits since 8 years old and began cutting silhouettes for Disneyland at 16, without a lesson. There are no lessons for the real silhouette art, which is carving a profile from sight in a minute from black paper, in miniature, without a sketch or light, freehand. Cindi Rose, the world’s best silhouette artist also holds the world speed record—144 people in one hour. The Guild of Papercutters ranks Cindi Harwood Rose as the world’s premier silhouette artist. She has done silhouettes over 40 years, her sister Holly could do silhouettes, their mother was a fine artists, architect, and papercutter, and the artwork just came to Cindi, while working as a teen drawing portraits at Disneyland.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Symphonic Silhouettes for the Symphony League!
Symphonic Silhouettes for the Symphony League!
Around 50 lovely young ladies entered the world of volunteerism to support their local symphony, and to escorted with their proud fathers at a black-tie event. Silhouettes by Cindi was honored to do hand-cut profile portraits of over 250 philanthropists
at Beaumont’s exquisite Symphony Belle Ball. This classical league raises more money than any other symphony league. It was a marriage, classical silhouettes matched with timeless classical music.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Everything You Want to Know About Silhouette Artists
Silhouette art is not old-fashioned, it appears to be as trendy as ever. Yet, great silhouette artists are hard to find, and there are only a handful of excellent cut-paper profilists in the world today. The world’s best silhouette artists can be found easily on the internet, by googling the word silhouette artist. The first 8 names listed from the only 20 or so real silhouette artists in existence today, most likely are each an accomplished silhouette artist, in varying ability.
In home decorating, you see life-sized silhouettes of all colors, themed into the décor, stamped out on canvas. The clever decorator will just send in profile photos and find a company on the internet, that can turn this into a large framed art piece. But is this a real silhouette? According to America’s premier silhouette artists, Cindi Harwood Rose and Kathryn Flocken, it is not. Cindi Rose, a high quality silhouette artist for 40 years says, “While these computer stamped silhouettes from photos may add a personal touch to a room, they should not be confused with the artwork of silhouette hand-cutting from life, an art difficult to master.” Kathryn Flocken, writes, in her book, Silhouettes Rediscovering The Lost Art,” In the modern age of photography, film and digital art, silhouette portraiture and design is fast becoming a lost art.”
Silhouette artist Cindi Harwood’s sister, Holly, a natural artist, and former professional silhouettest says, “It is rare to find a real silhouette artist, who can observe someone, and capture their likeness, without sketching, or using a shadow, just with paper, scissors, and talent. My family inherited their art talent from our mother, a profile artist and architectural designer.” Kathryn Flocken’s mother was also an artist, and she, Cindi, and Holly all cut silhouettes for Disney. An amazing fact is that hand-cut silhouettes were the first animation. The first cartoons were silhouettes and were done from many popular stories, “Jack and The Beanstalk, Snow-White, Cinderella were all silhouetted by Lotte Reiniger, in the 1930’s, Cindi Rose, explains. Disney has had a long relationship with real silhouette artists, and often that is the only place one can find one. A silhouette artist, can improve their natural art abilities, after first drawing portraits from life. These skills can’t be taught, they are developed from innate art talents. Most silhouette artists began cutting and drawing portraits as children, and cutting silhouettes after seeing someone do it, without taking a lesson in the art. There are no lessons. The art just can’t be taught.
“ Tracing a subject’s profile from a wall, and sketching it, then cutting the shape out of black craft paper, school-teacher-style is not an art, it is the ugly stepsister, without the grace and intricacy or introspection that a real silhouette artist can apply to someone’s profile paper interpretation. The work is distorted, like a shadow, and the image is less than who the person is, “ says C. H. Rose. A real silhouette shows more than the person, it goes into the psyche of the individual, and it speaks volumes.
The white lines are cut-out, and the more interior details, the better the artist, in most accounts.
Emma Ruterford in The Art of the Shadow quotes the globe’s foremost silhouette artist in history as Monsieur Augustin Edourt as stating that silhouette artistry done freehand, “was a sophisticated portrait so accurate it could be used for scientific purposes.” To learn more about a current silhouette artist and compare their different skills, Google silhouette artist, and compare, you can also watch videos on You Tube of the various silhouettests of this decade, as well as the fabulous silhouette animations of Lotte Reiniger.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Creative Freehand Silhouette Artist
For one of the best charity ideas, Roland Garcia and his wife, Karen, acquired silhouette artist, Cindi Rose, to hand-cut original silhouettes at their home, in the name of giving. For a check to the non-profit, The Rose Ribbon Foundation 501 ( c ) ( 3 ), C. Harwood Rose, did creative freehand cut profiles of over one hundred guests in costume. The RRF was formed by Cindi and her husband, Dr. Franklin Rose, in honor of Holly Harwood Skolkin, Cindi’s sister a 14 year cancer survivor. The foundation provides free wigs, reconstruction, support, menus, and outreach to hundreds of people per year. Cindi Rose’s silhouettes are known for style, capturing the inner psyche as well as outside features of the individual, in a dialogue that interprets their persona. For more information go to silhouettesbycindi.com, silhouettesbycindifacebook, or roseribbonfoundation.org
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Aspen Peak Magazine features Johnny Depp and Silhouettes by Cindi Rose
In the best Winter/Spring issue of Aspen Peak Magazine, celebrity Johnny Depp covers while artist Cindi Rose silhouettes guests at a chic invitation only luncheon with 30 of the town’s most elite.
The cause, is to celebrate the fantastic strides in cancer research made by The Rose Ribbon Foundation and Susan B. Komen. Cindi is joined by her Houston friends, Cynthia Sinatra, and her daughter, Victoria Brink.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Cindi Harwood Rose lectures about Silhouettes to the DAR
The American Revolution was remembered by its heroes, who often could not afford an oil portrait. Thus, the talented portrait artists of the day, also hand-cut silhouettes. This was demonstrated with an informative and captivating lecture by premier silhouette artist, Cindi Harwood Rose, as outlined in the Alexander Love Chapter of DAR’s newsletters highlighting this fascinating historical presentation by C. Rose, also an American Hero, for her silhouettes for survivors, awarded by American Profile Magazine.
Erica Dasher of Jane by Design, Silhouetted by Cindi
New Celebrity, Erica Dasher, star of ABC Family’s hit show, Jane by Design, took time to have a fashionable silhouette hand-cut by Cindi Harwood Rose. The silhouette of “it-girl Erica” was framed on the spot, along with her precious sister, for holiday gifts. Artist, C. Rose says that Erica Dasher, is fresh, beautiful, naturally talented, creative, down-to-earth and a real role model for young adults. Jane by Design airs on Tuesday nights, and is a sensation. Silhouette artist, Cindi Rose, wants to design silhouette fashions and pendants for Dasher. Dasher loves vintage, and C. Rose’s original art has an art deco, vintage feel. Tune in at ABC Family 9/8c c on Tuesdays to see the style flair of Olivia Miles-Payne, costume designer, and see if in further episodes a Cindi Rose silhouette necklace or framed art of Dasher may appear.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Wife gets her aging dog’s silhouette made for a New Year’s resolution
The most amazing gift can be a thoughtful one. Reece Davenport got a custom hand-cut Cindi Rose silhouette made of Ocho for her adorable husband, Fulton. What do
you get the man who has everything (I mean he has Reece for a wife, and that is everything)—a silhouette of his best friend! She just e-mailed a profile photo, to www.silhouettesbycindi.com
selected a frame, and there was the happy howl-aday gift. What a great way to start the New Year, remembering and cherishing a moment that will make it last forever.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Dog and Cat Silhouettes make loving Gifts
Having a silhouette made of your dog, cat, or horse, makes a loving gift, that is personal and lasts beyond time. Here are a few of my favorite dog silhouettes
done from profile photos e-mailed to me. There is something so special about a one-of-a-kind hand-cut original animal silhouette made of your own pet, it
shows they are family, and have found a permanent place in a home, to be cherished forever. The pets show so much personality in their cut portraits. For
more silhouettes check out silhouettesbycindi.com
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Silhouette Artist's Amazing Review
Cindi -
Good Afternoon, and Happy Thanksgiving,
I am sending this message in hopes of finding out where you might be that I can send
my kids, I've told them this is all I want for Christmas.
I have a Silhouette from when you sat in front of the Emporium at ASTROWORLD,
I worked at the store when I was sixteen, and would watch you in such amazement.
my mother still has my silhouette it hangs mixed in with other pictures. It has made
a few moves over the years but has always hung with her most precious memories.
Everyone ask her where she got it, and of course it is no question who it's of. You made such an impression on me that summer I have never forgotten your kindness nor your name.
I have always told my kids that I wanted one of them, well they are 23 and 25, I think
it is past time.
Please let me know, how we can schedule an appointment or where you might be
that they can come.
Thank you and look forward to hearing from you.
Kelly H.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Thankful silhouettes at Children’s Discovery Museum
Thankful silhouettes at Children’s Discovery Museum
Be thankful for family, friends and, health this holiday season. Delight in discovery, art, museums, love, history, science and education. In these photos, Silhouettes by Cindi does silhouettes for the Children’s Discovery Museum in Victoria, Texas.
Learning is the magic wand to empowerment Gratitude is the gift of an abundant heart. Happy Thanks for giving, and receiving joy and blessings.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Cindi Silhouettes School Fundraisers!
Throw out the cookies, popcorn and wrapping paper, bring in Cindi Silhouette school fund-raisers!
Billions were spent this year on candy, cavities, and wasted wrapping paper pollution, in the name of great school fundraisers. Cindi Harwood Rose discovered that schools, churches, and non-profits can profit from a real silhouette artist, donating a percent to their venue. For River Oaks Baptist School, Cindi Rose, did 87 children’s silhouettes and taught them great facts about art while entertaining them on the famous history of paper profiling. Rose, does the antique lost art of looking and cutting miniature silhouettes, the type that is treasured for centuries, and is collectable. The silhouettes will be made into a quilt and sold at the school’s auction. The separate silhouettes will be sold to the parents, too for additional school profit. Some schools, such as Austin’s Grace Garden Child Development Center is procuring Rose and will sell picture frames, for the silhouettes, to add additional church revenues. These non-profits can make a few hundred to a few thousand with the promotion. They have hired Rose at a flat fee, one that is one-third of Cindi’s normal appearance fees. At Houston’s best art and craft boutique, Hanson Galleries, Memorial and Post Oak, Cindi Harwood donated all her profits to the Craft Relief Emergency Fund to aid those who lose art and craft supplies from emergencies, such as the recent Texas fires. Cindi also can recommend other real silhouette artists in other cities, there are around 5 other expert silhouette artists in North and South America, and three in Europe. This lost art, can’t be taught, as no light, camera, photo, tracing, is used. That is why it is a keepsake, and the paper is acid-free, perfect for the environment.
The best part is that people can get treasured gifts at a reasonable price that they actually cherish and want. The children are entertained, and learn about being empowered by being their authentic self through their own talents. For more information go to www.silhouettesbycindi.com or e-mail CindiSilhouettes@gmail.com
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Patriotic historical Cindi Rose Silhouettes at DAR luncheon
Patriotic historical Cindi Rose Silhouettes at DAR luncheon
With honor, Cindi Harwood Rose, America's premier silhouette artist was the featured historic speaker at a Daughter's of the American Revolution luncheon for the Alexander Love NSDAR chapter. In 1923 a group of active ladies joined together to offer patriotic support and volunteerism setting up "Camp Logan" which is now in Memorial Park, Houston, Texas. Historical documents and silhouettes were brought in by Cindi Rose, including those by Augustine Edourt and C. Harwood Rose of John Hamilton, George Washington, Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and George 111. Rose speech, was for the pursuit of happiness, and light upon capturing moments. She demonstrated, how real silhouettes done by viewing a person and environment, and not using a shadow, or camera, or Photoshop, capture personality, and say more about fashion, style and history, than the ones made from wall shadows. The lost art of heirloom silhouette profiling that Rose does, is almost non-existent, especially with the detail and acute likeness she acquires. She cut the polka dots out of the dress, and flowers in the hat, at the meeting of one of the DAR members, offering around 8 actual, on-the-spot silhouettes of members (drawn from a hat), as well as her delightful lecture. Member, Lane Llewellyn says, "Cindi Harwood Rose was completely prepared with a historical discussion on how silhouette artistry was at its peak during the American Revolution. Rose's work was featured as an American Hero in American Profile Magazine, this month, for breast cancer awareness." Cindi said, "it is part of silhouettes for survivors, I donate my profits to the roseribbonfoundation.org for internet orders. For more information see silhouettesbycindi.com or CindiSilhouettes@gmail.com
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Silhouette Artist Cindi Rose featured at Hanson Galleries to benefit Craft Relief Emergency Fund
Silhouette Artist Cindi Rose featured at Hanson Galleries to benefit Craft Relief Emergency Fund
This Friday, Oct. 21, by appointment at Hanson Galleries, Memorial City, Cindi Rose, will hand-cut and sign silhouettes of individuals to benefit the Craft Relief Emergency Fund. For more information see silhouettesbycindi.com or e-mail CindiSilhouettes@gmail.com Rose will do the antique, lost, French art of hand-cutting silhouettes, from modern black silhouette paper, with edge and style, making a keepsake or holiday gift.
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