Silhouettes on CARDSTOCK (without frame)
Silhouettes on CARDSTOCK (without frame)
Traditional hand-cut silhouettes mounted on cardstock
You’ll love your freehand-scissored silhouette portraits mounted on acid-free cardstock: a custom artisan-created portrait. It’s a beautiful, detailed gift for heirloom portraits, for good friends, or to celebrate heritage and history.
You will send your profile (sideways) photo to the email listed below. Your silhouettes will be observed from your photo, yet cut freehand with only scissors - without any shadows, or lines, or using any photographic trick. (Watch the video on the Order page to see how your silhouettes are made).
Your silhouettes are made from special matte-black paper and will look like the traditional silhouettes you may have seen in museums, historic houses, in movies, and other places - these portraits can span the waist to top of head.
Each silhouette is still cut by hand with only scissors in the traditional manner, and mounted on a card ready for framing.
The Frame is not included with the silhouettes - Frames are an OPTIONAL purchase.
Feel free to use your own frame - whether from your attic or a store - or buy an optional frame or mat from Silhouettes By Hand. Your silhouette will be ready to frame.
Your order comes with 2 copies
Silhouettes are traditionally cut as two (2) copies of the same person. For the customers of Silhouettes By Hand, mail-order silhouettes come standard with two (2) copies - one copy for you to keep, and one copy to give away.
Ordering multiple copies of the same person
To order multiple copies of the same person, choose the number of copies you wish to have cut. These several-copy options are also good for families with multiple grandparents, or aunts and uncles.
Final Size
The silhouettes themselves are approximately 3-1/2 - 4" tall, and mounted singly on a 5x7 cardstock, as seen in the photos. Your silhouette will show what is seen in the photo that you send. Accepted image is waist-height to top of head. Pets will be “bust height” = chest upwards.
More Examples
More silhouette images can be seen in the Examples page.
About Ordering ‘Quantity’
If you want to order silhouettes of different people, count the number of people you want to silhouettes, and order that quantity of silhouettes. People and animals are equally accepted for portraits.
How to order Family Portraits
Many families order family portraits in silhouettes. There are examples on this page. To make an order for a family of, say, 4 people, you would order “Quantity of 4” silhouettes. You would then send photos of four (4) different people - preferably 2 photos of each person. You would receive eight (8) total silhouettes back, ready for framing - or order mats or frames from Silhouettes By Hand. (This even works if the family was 3 people and a cat, or a dog, or a parakeet… you get the point.)
Pet portraits
People order pet portraits too! Pets will be shown like their human counterparts - from the chest upwards. Silhouettes By Hand has made pet silhouettes of dogs, cats, horses, a chicken, and a koala! Please also follow the same instructions as for humans: send profile (sideways) photos. Pet portraits are still given as multiple copies - many people give pet silhouettes to the “pet grandparent”.
Gift-Giving
These silhouettes are perfect for giving to two different people; or keeping one copy for yourself and giving the other silhouettes away as a gift! Multiple copies are a value-priced way to give a handmade gift - try to keep the secret that you didn’t spend a lot of money to give a quality gift.
Gift Certificate
Select this item if you wanted to create a GIFT CERTIFICATE as well. After making your product selection(s), you will be giving all GIFTING information in the Checkout of your order.
Terms
Please read the Terms to understand all details about your handmade portrait.
International Shipping (not USA)
Due to the postal expense to send from the USA to any other country, it is recommended that all orders are made without any mats or frames. These will be sent thin, letter-sized, and may be delayed due to artist schedule, post office schedule, and/or postal delays out of your artist’s control.
Shipping costs are added at the Checkout of your order.
"Quantity of 1" = 1 order of the number of copies of the same person --or pet .
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Email Your Photo:
You will be emailing your photos after you make your order. You will see this link several times - this is so people who cannot find the address can find it in several place: You will send photos to Silhouettes By Hand by using this link. The email address will come again several times.
Please encourage your loved one to pose calmly, without making faces or smiling. I know it’s hard with young children or even pets! There are so many reason to wriggle. Try to get them to look forward while watching something in front of them, perhaps a toy or a movie. The better your photos, the better your silhouettes:
Exact Profile: exact side view.
Good contrast between subject and background
In-focus
Straight face, closed mouth (no smiles, or talking, or tongues, or grimaces)
If making a Half-Length silhouette: include the whole head in the profile photo, down to the belly button.
Hair suggestion: female hair looks best in silhouettes when styled up, half-up, in bun, braid, ponytail, curly or layered style.
Send several profile photos of the person, taken a second or two apart (if possible). Please send your photos to Silhouettes By Hand by using this link. Taking a few photos allows the sitter to be relaxed, and also allows you to readjust your shot to get a true profile (sideways). You should not see the eyelashes of the other side of the face. Make sure you vary your position to take a photo to get the side view.
Please send your photos within 12 hours of making your order. Sending your photos early makes sure that your photos are able to be connected with your order. Please send your photos to Silhouettes By Hand by using this link.
