Introduction

I've been making paper snowflakes for as long as anybody, but a few years back I started more intently trying to make intricate snowflakes. At first I was just trying to beat out my sister who was always surpassing me in making pretty snowflakes when I was younger, but after awhile I became hooked on the process of turning an ordinary piece of white copy paper into a little work of art with no more than a scissors and some thought.

Over time, my techniques changed. While I still love making quick snowflakes with scissors, I have fallen quite in love with the xacto-knife-mostly due to some work I did creating spray-paint stencils. Also the introduction to a larger medium by way of my dorm's supply of butcher paper is the reason for the larger scale snowflakes that will make an appear once I've uploaded my backlog of photos.

As for copyright, I really don't claim anything. When I started making snowflakes during my classes Junior year of high school, I'd often leave the snowflake behind for whoever had the desk next. The fun was in the creation. After that, people could do with them what they'd like. Feel free to try to mimic any patterns or use any of my photos, though preferably for your own enjoyment or as gifts, not for profit, if there is such a market out there. (I intend to upload some printable patterns for those among you who feel skilled with a knife or scissors once I get around to it.) For those who wonder: I fold my paper in fourths and then into thirds.

Hope you enjoy the beauty paper can be; in the end, I find it isn't the medium itself, but what you do with it that matters.