Facebook page for Silhouettes, and the upcoming Silhouette event schedule

This is fairly newsy post. To give a little tidbit of Silhouette history, here’s your moment:

Did you know that one reason that silhouettes became popular in the 18th century (1700′s) is because your profile was said to tell your whole personality without your opening your mouth to speak. This was considered a new science of “physiognomy”: telling one’s personality by the face. The method by which your personality was shown in your face was that your personality ‘pushed’ your “soft” (so they said) head bones into predictable shapes, depending on the forces of that personality. This science was taught even in universities, and the material was published and popular in many languages. While having someone judge your personality might not seem like a big issue, consider this: according to this “science”, you could be pre-judged (prejudiced) for work or social positions, or even relationships.

FACEBOOK:
“Silhouettes by Hand” is now on Facebook – with photos of silhouettes of guests at live events, and a sampling of costumes.

For your best experience, click “LIKE” to be updated on silhouettes history, upcoming events, and sometimes ideas how to use silhouettes in your own life – like reminding you that  Mothers Love Silhouettes For Mother’s Day. The information is always brief, and will be delivered directly to your own Facebook News Stream.

UPCOMING SILHOUETTE EVENTS:

Live silhouette artistry is rare. There are few silhouette artists in the United States, and most seem scattered across the various regions of this huge, historical country!
To have your own silhouette cut at a live public event, here are a few upcoming appearances to put on your calendar if you are in the Baltimore, MD/Washington, DC region:

• PRE-MOTHER’S DAY:   “Montpelier Festival of Tea, Herbs, and the Arts” (Laurel, MD): Saturday, April 30, 2011, 10am-4pm (silhouette presentation/lecture at 12:30pm)
•  PRE-MOTHER’S DAY:  “Dover Days” festival, (Dover, DE: Early American Crafts area), Saturday, May 7, 2011 9am-4pm
• “Claude Moore Colonial Farm Colonial Market Fair” (Langley/McLean, VA), Saturday-Sunday, May 21-22, 2011, 11am-4:30pm
• “Chestertown Tea Party Festival”, (Chestertown, MD), Saturday, May 28, 2011
• Boordy Winery  ”Wine and Herb Festival”, (Baltimore County, MD), Sunday, May 29, 2011, 1pm-5pm
• Darnall’s Chance Museum (Upper Marlboro, MD), Saturday, June 11, 2011, 12pm-3pm
• Hampton Mansion NHS (Towson, MD), Sunday, June 12, 2011, 2pm-4pm (silhouette presentation/lecture at 2:00pm)

(More appearances will be announced soon).

If you are not in the Baltimore/Washington region but would like your silhouette cut for yourself or a loved one, please send an email to SilhouettesByHand@gmail.com to send a digital photo: your portrait request will be cut by hand from the photo, as if the person was sitting right there. This method isn’t as much fun as sitting for the quick-yet-elegant portrait – but there’s no travel involved!

If you are an event considering booking Silhouettes By Hand for your own event, send an email also to SilhouettesByHand@gmail.com . We’ll arrange the best option for your event!