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Paper master: Borland Gallery features scissor artist, author Jim Bornzin

By Brenna Wiegand Silverton Arts Association is featuring the work of local artist Jim Bornzin, whose show, “Amazing Scissorcuts,” runs Sept. 10-26 at the Borland Gallery. Bornzin became fascinated with the German art form of scissor cutting in high school after observing his cousin’s grandfather, Hans Bittner of Chicago, cutting an intricate design on paper using a small pair of […]

Scissor art: Clipped creations

By Tanner Russ Silverton artist Jim Bornzin can do some pretty amazing things with scissors. Well, not just any scissors. He uses fine-pointed, surgical scissors for his art. “Scissor art is a German art form called scherenschnitte based on silhouette cutting which began in France many centuries ago. It’s also done in the Orient and nowadays it’s done with lasers […]