After transferring the trace from the tracing paper (using carbon), there was a realisation that the original marked out parts cannot be cut lest there will be any stencil. Hence, by inverting the marked out parts and linking 'bridges', I managed to cut the stencil out, although there was a mistake and the nose was accidentally cut away. Afterwards, by spraying the Chrome coloured spray paint horizontally, some parts (fragile) of the stencil was blown out of its position by the force of the spray and it could be seen that that body of the wolf cannot be seen properly. By trying it again but now, spraying the stencil vertically, it can be seen that it is more effective as some of the cut details can now be seen. I feel that the mistake here is that thicker paper can be used such that the stencil does not move out of its place. Perhaps, the bigger picture can be used as well so that the details that are cut will not be small and fragile.

It was baffling for me when I started to work on this for the the paper cut. I could not visualise the paper cut at all. As compared to many paper cuts out there, this one seemed to have nothing for me to cut. However, I have decided to cut out what I had by playing with the contrast levels on the original image. Cutting out the image was pretty difficult especially when most of the details were pretty thin and it was dangerous to cut it out. As one point, the nose of the cat dropped out and I had to tape it back with sticky tape. The final artwork looks breathtaking for me. I personally prefer simple art works and this really seemed 'simple' to me. The final artwork is different from the original image, where the essence of the cat was captured and it allows us to bypass all the fur and so-called 'unnecessary' details. The most inspiring thing of the image is the eyes and this paper cut captured the soul of the cat properly.

I have thought that this exercise was linked to the Negative and Positive Space. With this exercise, it allows me to visualise the spaces more and allowed me to understand how it changes meaning. It makes me wonder how much time paper cut artists like Yuko Yamamoto have the time and effort to do all of these! It makes me appreciate and admire these paper cut more.