Jordan Schwartz

Visual Art – Boise

Hi there! I\'m Jordan - a twenty-something from a small town in Arizona. I moved to Boise a few years back and absolutely fell in love with the area and the people here. I love to spend my free time walking through downtown Boise, along the Greenbelt and through all the gorgeous parks in the area. I am very upbeat and always looking to the bright side of things. I tend to be a goofball and I\'m constantly blown away by the tiny wonders in life that most people never think twice about. I am a self-taught papercutter, and I actually stumbled into the craft by accident! I always dabbled in different forms of art, but I was never truly great at anything specific. I had to give up many of my art supplies when we moved, and after arriving in Idaho I needed to find a new hobby. I was browsing online one day and I saw a beautiful black and white image… I clicked on it to see a larger view, and I was blown away when I saw that the caption said it was cut from paper. I HAD to try. I hijacked my hubby’s old dull Xacto knife and some black cardstock… and I was HOOKED! I love the gorgeous contrast of the jet black paper against the stark white background, and I am constantly in search of the next wonder that I can cut into paper.