Artist Annie Vought from North Oakland creates these eye-wateringly finely-crafted pieces by first handwriting text onto large sheets, then removing the white paper in between the letters with an extremely sharp knife. Sez she:

I believe handwritten records are fragments of individual histories– expressions of self that very much bring forth the truth of our inner lives. In the penmanship, word choice, and spelling the author is revealed in spite of him/herself. A letter is physical confirmation of who we were at the moment it was written, or all we have left of a person or a period of time.

Interview: Annie Vought (In the Make)

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