Silhouette Artist

Hi, I am Welles Tan, welcome to my blog. I had been a caricaturist for events and parties since 1990. Silhouette Cutting also called Portrait Silhouette Cutting,Profile Cutting or Shadow Cutting. It is an art that using scissors to cut out a shape of a person’s side profile using dark color paper. You can frame it like a photo, put on the desk as a decoration for memories. Within an hour, it should be about 40 - 50 cutting of A6 size to be produced, this is a professional artist's speed.

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Event at Chui Huay Lim Club

Great that having a chance to do my portrait silhouette cutting at Chui Huay Lim Club yesterday!
That was nice to meet nice guests in this Chinese New Year theme event.

my sample artwork

One of my artwork pasted on the card provided by client

One of client's event poster

Monday, February 25, 2019

Chinese New Year Silhouette Cutting

Did Silhouette Cutting for SUSS Chinese New Year event, great to met nice guests in the event ;p

Some interesting silhouette outcome with the shape of hair and clothes

Thursday, February 8, 2018

Roving Silhouette Cutting for Private Event

Did roving silhouette cutting yesterday evening at China Club Singapore yesterday for a private event and met many nice guests in the event ;p

There are lion dance performance in the event.

One of nice scene from the building

One of my work

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Silhouette Cutting at Intercontinental Bugis Singapore

Did Silhouette Cutting recently at Hotel Intercontinental Bugis Singapore for Chinese New Year related event. Due to the theme of Chinese New Year, I will use red paper for the cutting.

As usual, the size of the paper I use was trimmed to A6 size, which is 105mm x 148mm, it was about out palm size or the size was close to 4R paper.
I use this size for the cutting because it was handy and many guest can put my artwork in their pocket as well.

That was great to met one of Singapore's famous calligrapher My Yong in the event again.

Thought he use red fan for the calligraphy as well. As I met many calligraphers so far, not much calligrapher carry Chinese fan, this is because that the fan ordered from China, really need to do it many months ago, and those fan order from China, might not be able to keep long unless the calligrapher really know how to keep the fans.

The fan made by bamboo or shot of wood, you need to put in the proper place because it could easily have bugs on the fans ;p

Chinese New Year Event

Did silhoutte cutting at Bishan CC Chinese New Year Event last Saturday, that was interest event i came across, met many nice residence in the event.

Due to Chinese New Year, was using red color paper for the cutting.

Met Mr Wong from Nanyang Calligraphy Centre doing his calligraphy in the event.

Surprisingly met Choo & Geen Acrobatics performance in this event! Thought they are the longest acrobatics cum magician in Singapore ;p

There are big "Group" 'lohei' activity in the event as well!

I would say, Singaporean live in a great country with great luck that can always enjoy great stuffs! :p

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Chinese New Year Silhouette Cutting

Did silhouette cutting for a luncheon Chinese New Year event at Sheraton Tower last Saturday.The cutting paper was in red color due to Chinese New Year theme.

There are "Wealth God" roving in the event, the real person in Wealth God costume and the mascot Wealth God. He is the most welcome people in the event, everyone like to take picture with him to gain money luck in the new year.

Compared 2 types Wealth God in the event, I preferred to see the real person in Wealth God costume because can feel like meeting the real Wealth God ;p

Friday, February 22, 2013

Event at Ritz Carlton Singapore

Just did a Lunar New Year event at Ritz Carlton.
Some of my works.

There were lion dance in the event ;p

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Chinese New Year Lohei Event

Did another silhouette cutting for a Chinese New Year "Lohei" event.

My one cut 2 pieces artwork ;p

Met Singapore's best Rainbow Calligrapher Dorby Yip in the event. Due to they are the best, so the whole Singapore's New Immigrant Chine artists was tried their best to Dorby Yips calligraphy style, really no shame yet those New Immigrant Chine artists work was real low quality, I would say, if those New Immigrant Chine artists could improve their own Rainbow Calligraphy from their own China Mainland style, that would be perfect, unfortunately, so far those artist I came across only know how to copy, in a failure way.