Silhouette portraiture as entertainment at parties, conferences, and corporate events – with memento for guests

Summer 2011 started out well with “Silhouettes By Hand” providing silhouette portraits for guests at exciting corporate and private events.

The photo at left is Lauren cutting silhouettes at a modest little party for a Washington DC-area businessman, and his 1000 guests, at a restaurant on the waterfront. Each guest who sat for a silhouette portrait was amazed at the quality, speed, and fun of this process!

At corporate, conference, and social parties silhouettes are a perfect addition to entertain guests as well as give them an elegant memento of the event. Each silhouette only takes 2 minutes to cut; this is much faster than caricature artists – and the resulting portrait is quite chic.

Guests are amazed at the speed of the portrait method: freehand cut with only scissors, no drawing, tracing, or throwing of shadows! Watching the silhouettes being cut are as entertaining as having one cut for self.

The photo at left is from the silhouette-portrait setup at the United States Conference of Mayors, 2011. Even in a dinner event in a large tent with over 1500 guests, silhouette portraits were charming these powerful (yet ready to have fun!) guests.

If any of the museum and historical photos on this blog gives you pause about how Lauren will dress for your event, feel relieved: Lauren dresses perfectly in line with the atmosphere of your own event! Whether the dress code is “little black dress” or country picnic, Lauren can easily meld with the festivity that you carefully crafted.

Event types can include:

• cocktail parties
• weddings
• corporate dinners
• conference dinners
• conference trade show floor
• retail store festivities
• corporate celebrations of any kind
• social events
• holiday events
• community events
• company picnics
• and much more – what event can you add silhouettes to please your guests?

If you have a corporate, social, conference, party, or other events where you are thinking of unique entertainment, contact Lauren at SilhouettesByHand@gmail.com