This week I’m honored to host this exciting giveaway. It consists on 2 new books illustrated by Kevin Stanton. These books are a special edition of Shakespeare’s volumes Much Ado About Nothing and Hamlet. Published by Sterling Signature. What you see in the photos is just a fraction of the laser-cut illustrations and images that the books contain.
For a chance to win these two luxurious books simple leave a comment on this post. I will announce the winner next Monday, December 10.
I invite you to visit Kevin’s blog to see more of his work.
Good luck!
Links:
See the series of 4 books of this type that have been published by Sterling Signature HERE
And HERE are the books available for purchase on Amazon
Oh, I’d love to win such beautiful books! Stunning!
-Thanks,
Zie Darling
amazing!!!!!
Zie, they are even more beautiful in person!
Oh! I have been a fan of paper cutting for a very long time.
Thank you so much.
They look SO cool!
Love the combination of classic stories and elegant paper-cutting. What an awesome job <3
I’ve never seen a story told this way – how striking and memorable! Thanks for the chance to win!!
Beautiful, paper cutting is so intriguing. Thank you for the chance to win.
these look gorgeous!
These are incredible, it would be a treasure to have one of these!
Kevin Stanton’s work is always amazing, and I love Shakespeare. These books look wonderful!!
Thanks for the giveaway 🙂 Looking forward to the new blog too!
Wow these look incredible!
These look lovely.
wow!
I hope hope hope to win!
Can I join if I don’t live in the US? these are lovely!
Shakespeare and papercut seems to be a fantastic combination I’ve been to Kevin Staton’s blog and the books look really amazing. Beautiful work, indeed! Thanks for the chance of winning those treasures 🙂
What a generous giveaway, beautiful editions of these stories. Thank You!
such a lovely give away! thank you for the chance to win these wonderful books!
Sign me up! Those are gorgeous!
Oh, my. Count me in. I’d give it to Miss A. for Christmas–we’ve just finished a homeschool co-op course called Shakespearience! 🙂
WOW .. ELsa if reading these amazing books is not enough looking at the illustrations would bring many faces of enjoyment , love.
Thank you
Sounds like something the Bronx Museum would love for the silent auction @ their gala 3.4.13. Loved the Pan American show.
These books look beautiful … would love to win!
Speechless. They are so amazing and i would really love to have them! Dear Elsa, can i have the book, please 🙂
Elsa, these books are beautiful! Are they available to buy online? My 16 y/o daughter has just spent months making paper cut backdrops for her school play and they were just fabulous. I think these’d be inspirational for her to keep cutting away! She is such a vintage chic!!!
oh wow, just, wow!!
Lovely 🙂
I would keep one and give the other to my friend that I’ve been going to see Shakespeare with for over 40 years!
Simply stunning! Thank you so much for the giveaway!
It’s so wonderful that you’re giving these away, spreading the beauty. Gracias, Elsa!
I love these intricate illustrations!
Beauty on every page. Amazing and breathtaking.
Those are gorgeous treasures! My fingers are tightly crossed!!
OH…WOW…what an incredible Giveaway! Thank you…these are Life Time treasures.
xx
Those books look positively magical! What a wonderful giveaway!
Just lovely!
If those look amazing just in a small 2-D photograph, can’t imagine how amazing they look in real life. Definitely putting both titles on my To Read list.
thank you for the opportunity to win such gorgeous books!!
So much fun. Thanks for the chance to win!
Two amazing ways to cut paper: One, Shakespeare’s way, is to rend it with words. The other, Kevin Stanton’s way, is to peel it with knives. Loveliness.
To be induced in a Shakespeare ecstasy overwhelmed with the textures of the layers and cuts of paper arts will deffinately be fascinating!
very beautiful. Would love these! by the way we have a mutual friend I discover in the talented Valerie Delahaye.. do hope I win. I adore the books x
Stunningly beautiful! Thank you so much for offering up these lovelies!
I want to touch these!
I love Much Ado About Nothing, and the masks in the design are beautiful.
“I give away myself for you and dote upon the exchange.”
Hamlet is a story from Denmark. I am from Denmark, and I love beautiful books with amazing illustrations… So that’s why they should definitely come to Denmark.. more specific to my house! You should also come to Denmark .. All people should actually come to Denmark, because here is so nice! Especially for books which are very beautiful!!
The books look wonderful. Lovely giveaway. 🙂
I just got into paper cutting recently and I’m so glad I found your blog! These books look gorgeous!
Wow, such beautiful books, they gave me goosebumps. So glad I happened upon your beautiful blog!
Amazing! X
Beautiful! These books would be a perfect Christmas gift 🙂
Oh yes ! good idea !!! Thank you :-))
Thank you for such a beautiful giveaway! Would be thrilled to be the winner of one book only and offer a chance to somebody else with the second one!
Impresionantes!
quel beau travail original et fin! Bravo!
Hermoso trabajo, gráficos, imágenes, cortes!
Su gesto hermoso, entrega de regalos!
I once read bits of Hamlet to my girlfriend, she fel asleep 🙂
Im a papercuter as well.The books are amazing!!!
thank you for the opportunity to win such gorgeous books!!
Wonderful books! Perfect for this stormy weather we are having… Gracias por el sorteo, Elsita!!
oh, my word, these are so very beautiful! I would love to see them in the flesh!
That is wonderful, Thank you! I LOVE Papercuts.
Woow!!! I love this giveaway! Amazing!!! Thanks for chance to win!
Oh wow! They look truly exquisite. I would love to win something so special and unique.
Paper cutting really suits Shakespeare’s words 🙂
Oooooooooh my fingers are firmly crossed, white knuckles and all… what a brilliant giveaway!
wow!! I want them for sure.. Oh Universe!! please work towards getting me those books..
These are great pieces! Taking a paper cutting workshop December 30, can’t wait.
Nunca he ganado nada! Sería maravilloso ganar. Soy una gran ‘fan’ suyo y espero grandes cosas de la nueva página web. y gracias por introducirme a kevin stanton…
These books look amazing. I love Kevin’s work.
great givaway!
I would be so honored to win one of these books. I am an art teacher and my students would be amazed at how papercutting is used! Thanks, Elsa!
Simply beautiful! Would love such a gift.
Fantastic giveaway!!
These books are beautiful, as a papercutter myself. . . I’m amazed at the illustrations, ooh, how I would love to be their new owner, they would be cherished xx Clare
Wow – absolutely lovely!!
Beautiful work and books! A unique piece of art!
Truely inspiring
They’re a *cut* above the rest….
Much ado about Cutting….
… Will bad puns help me win?
Absolutely gorgeous…thank you for the opportunity to win!
I’m a big fan of papercutting and these look sublime. I’d be very thrilled to win.
Here’s hoping!
I’m always impressed by the ideas creative people bring to life. These books are so beautiful. I love them!
Absolutely beautiful! Tried my hand at Scherenschnitte last Christmas and really enjoyed the making of some decorations. So much to aspire to!
beautiful, beautiful books. i’m loving your instagram, by the way!
Adoro el trabajo de Kevin! Estos libros son maravillosos! Muchas gracias por la oportunidad!
What a creative illustrator!I would definitely love to win it! I have already found the suitable place to put it…
As a fellow papercutter it would be amazing to win one of these!
Hi Elsa! What gorgeous books! Thanks for hosting the giveaway and I hope you’re having a wonderful Advent season!
These are awesome. As usual you have inspired my day 🙂
suzanne
Wow, those books look fantastic! Thank you so much for a chance to win them!
His work is beautiful! I would love to win these books, one for me and one I would give to my mother, who is an English teacher to share with her students when they read Shakespeare! 🙂
So fantastic! Thank you for sharing!
Oh I have been admiring these books and would so much love to have one!Please count me in !AriadnefromGreece!
What beautiful work! I am so excited to see more of what you are developing in your new project too. Thanks for your constant inspiration! 🙂
What beautiful work. Such a fun way to tell these stries.
Beautiful books! Each page is an amazing work of art. Simply awesome.
So beautiful! I would love to have these books for the inspiration they would give!
Gorgeous books!
Beautiful! I would love them 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway
awsome ! that’s my comment 😉
They’re both enchanting!
I love Shakespeare, I love paper cutting, I love books, I love giveaways!!
They are gorgeous. It’s a reminder that there is no comparison to actually holding a real book in your hands.
Breath taking
Amazingly gorgeous books!
Oh these are so lovely. Thank you for sharing and hosting the giveaway!
These are so beautiful, it is so wonderful that books are being reinvented with such art!
What incredible books. Like 3 dimensional graphic novels-or kinetic ones, as you move the story forward page by page! If I had the good fortune to win one I would donate it to the community college library where I work, lots of students struggle with Shakespeare and these would engage visual learners.
Yes! They’re available here: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_4?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Kevin%20Stanton&ie=UTF8&search-alias=books&sort=relevancerank
🙂 just wonderful artwork!
Wow, they are both so gorgeous! Whoever wins will be lucky!
These books look stunningly beauthiful and I’m struck by the vivid contrasting colors and historical storybook images. I would love to have such a cherished facinating possession in my personal artbook collection. We should always be in celebration of talented artisians who create beautiful keepsake treasures.
These books are absolutely incredible!!!
Wow! I love creative artistry and papercutting just fascinates me. These books look like a treasure! Thanks for sharing!
I’d love to win these gorgeous books because they would make a wonderful and unique gift for my husband. He always seems to find me the best gifts and I’d like to be able to do the same this year. ~Stephie
These are absolutely beautiful. I’m so glad that there are so many talented artists making beautiful things!
Kate
These books are beyond beautiful….Thank you so much for the heads up about them….and of course, a chance to win.
Susan
WOW! As a graphic designer, I really appreciate the work that goes into books like this. BEAUTIFUL! VIVA LA PAPER 😉
Stunning! I appreciate his work and your generosity in sharing it with us!
The books are so lovely! Thank you for hosting this awesome giveaway.
Lovely books! Count me in!
Beautiful paper cutting. I’d love to give a home to one of his books.
Count me in! These are beautiful!
Striking images, love the colour combinations too. A very generous give away, thank you Elsita. Good luck to all.
These books look amazing!
love!
they are so beautiful!
Wow! What charming illustrations, fantastic idea!
Lovely work as always 🙂
They are amazing!
He does beautiful work.
the art of giving is so precious!
I went to high school with Kevin Stanton and would love to own some of his work! These illustrations compliment Shakespeare’s words beautifully.
What gorgeous books and stunning papercuts!
Absolutely amazing how you can enrich a book by cutting its sheets! Great work
It’s amazing what artists can do. Thanks for introducing us to Stanton’s work and for the opportunity own a piece of Stanton’s book!
gorgeous my heart is breaking over paper cutting and its possibilities
What beautiful books. I would love to win them, something to pass on to my niece when she is old enough.
Just Wow! And thanks for the opportunity to have a chance of winning these lovely books.
I would adore having such fabulous inspirational books in my collection. I am sure they’d become treasured objects.
Oh so beautiful. I’ve just started to re-read Shakespeare, thirty years after I unhappily studied him at school. a whole new world has opened up for me.
oooh…so beautiful!
I love these! Thank you!
To have an aesthetic experience……to find beauty within each page…..to love and treasure…..to share……to make such remarkable impression that you’ll see them over over just by closing your eyes!!! simply beautiful!!!!
These are lovely!
These books are outrageously beautiful. Kevin is awesome!
Such a gorgeous book. Hope I get the chance to run my fingers through the pages.
Beautiful.
Yes what gorgeous books! Lovely. Your paper cutting is so very beautiful too! You are an amazing artist. I love your versatility. Everything you create is breathtaking!
It amazes me that anyone can make ONE intricate paper cut – but a WHOLE BOOK!!! Pure Magic!!!
I’d love to win these books, they looks so gorgeous!
these are stunning. Would love to see them in person…hope your giveaway extends to Scotland !
I want please!!!! What a wonderful idea for a present, so beautiful!!
Beautiful books!
I hope I’ll be the lucky one!
Thanks for sharing!
Amazing giveway ! Thank you very much to let your readers to participate.
Anne
Lovely books. They are little treasures.
Awesome! To win or not to win books-with-such-amazing-illustrations, THAT is the question.
Awesome!!
Thank you kind Elsa. A note to share my father’s favorite Shakespeare sonnet so dear to my heart: William Shakespeare – Sonnet #29
When, in disgrace with Fortune and men’s eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man’s art, and that man’s scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least,
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven’s gate–
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings,
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
Thank you kind Elsa. A note to share my father’s favorite Shakespeare sonnet, so dear to my heart (both my Dad and this sonnet).
Sonnet 29
When, in disgrace with Fortune and men’s eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man’s art, and that man’s scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least,
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven’s gate–
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings,
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
Oh, so sorry to post twice by mistake, please forgive! Betty 🙂
I got excited to think of such intricate work done in a book
and the concept of paper cutting inside a book.
I would be very happy to hold such work in my hands
Hi Elsita!
Looking forward to your new blog!
What’s fantastic is that the entire construction is included and not just a reproduction. And the compositions are so clever. This is really stunning.
Paper cutting is one of those arts that people love and bypass without looking. I love it…and enjoy your site.
Absolutely gorgeous!
oh Wow. These books are so beautiful and I absolutely adore Shakespeare; I even have Hamlet in Klingon!
So gorgeous! lovely giveaway!
Wonderful… thanks for the chance 🙂
Thank you for showing this work and for the links. I recently wrote about an exhibition that you would love. It is called “The First Cut” at The Manchester Art Gallery, UK. If you have time you may like to follow the links on my blog post, half way through- http://acornmoon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/november-giveaway.html I am sure you will be familiar with the work of Su Blackwell?
I can’t wait to show my Shakespeare professor friend. These are unbelievably gorgeous! Thank you for posting!
Maravillosos ! Gracias Elsita por proponer este giveaway. Me gustaria mucho tener esos libros mágicos ! Quien sabe ?
beautiful design!!
This is a generous give away, Elsa–thank you for sharing :). I’m glad to know about these books, their creator, and the publisher…and of course your blog!
Wow! I love Shakespeare and these books seem so lush!
This is probably the most lovely edition of Hamlet I’ve ever seen!
Hello my friend!
It’s been awhile but I’ve been keeping tabs on you 😉
What beautiful books! I’d love to give them a home!!
xo Heather
wow these are so beautiful! thank you for the giveaway. 🙂
Ciao Elsita! I don’t think I can wait till Monday, I need to possess these marvellous books as soon as possible!! Where can I buy them?? Many congratulations to the very gifted artist.
Just so nice!
WOW!! I love it!! Gracias Elsita!!
Oh! So lovely! 🙂
Beautiful books!
I hope I’ll be the lucky one!
Thanks for sharing!
Paper cutting is so special, but this book is véry special because of the two pages in different colours that form together a new picture …. só beautiful !!!
Gorgeous! I’d love to win these!
Not only is paper cutting beautiful, it’s really cool too.
Lovely looking books! Gosh I Hope I win! I never ever see those kinds of books at my bookstore!
What a beautiful and interesting book! Certainly someone very,very lucky will win!
My friend Kathleen just sent me this link because these books would be perfect for my daughter – and oh, my, she is right. Esmé grew up loving these two plays, and these are so beautifully illustrated!
I would definitely go to Denmark to see these books, if that is where they end up.
such amazing books!
Just beautiful!
What a unique combination of literature and art! These books look absolutely stunning – a treasure to cherish.
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I would love these books!!! Paper cutting is my life!!
very beautiful!
Beautiful books!!!!!
Those books look amazing!
Lovely book Elsita:)thanks for this chance !
Beautiful illustrations! Thanks for the giveaway!!
Ooooh – the first two were absolutely stunning. What a wonderful set!
What a beautiful and interesting way to present a story, thanks for showing these it opens up more ideas for creativity.
Absolutely lovely. I love your work. I’m going to shout it out on Twitter now…
These books are thrilling!
Fantastici. Mi piacerebbe vincerli per mia figlia che adora il genere. A Santa lLucia Le regalerò “Il teatrino di Rebecca” libro altrettanto speciale. Complimenti e incrocio le dita, che la fortuna mi sorrida Anais ne sarebbe felice.
Grazie Glori
Passo spesso da questo Blog che mi sembra ricchissimo di fonti di ispirazione. Questa volta provo a partecipare anche al giveaway!
I ‘ve never seen such beautiful books!
It’s a pleasure to see and to read them as well.
O, how lucky I would be to win!
Many happy greetings, Olga
I’ve seen three of these in person, and they are beautiful! Would love to add them to my library.
Thank you very much for displaying this beautiful work of art, and giving us a chance to owe it..thank you
These cuttings look awesome. I’d love to win.
Wow, what a wonderful set of books! I just starting out in papercutting and constantly amazed by what I am finding online and in books. The possibilities are endless.
Oh, the paper cutting is beautifully done! These 2 books look amazing!
Thank you for this ooportunity 🙂
How beautiful! I am totally captivated by his style. I am not sure whether I can participate as I am not in the US. If not, just ignore my comment!
Son preciosos, Elsa, serían un regalo fantástico para estas navidades.
I am absolutely fascinated by the intricate work of artists such as yourself and Mr. Stanton–it has given me true inspiration to find beauty in all things. I have always had this “strange” love of all kinds of paper…more of an obsession really, and the creations of beautiful art works you all have created, have just elevated my obsession to an even higher level!! Thank you so much for sharing your world with those of us who are truly lucky–the art lovers who get to experience it.
beautiful books!
What beautiful books! Thanks for pointing me to such an amazing artist.
Much ado about something! Love these books 🙂
I think I’m too late for the giveaway, but I wanted just tell you that…I found your gorgeous book with Esopo tales in the central library in Belluno! I was so happy to find it here in Italy! The book was in a “honour” place…a special reading desk! Mitica Elsita! 😀
Beautiful!! My husband loves Shakespeare!
Beautiful work! I just started and I’m not very good .
but getting better (slowly)
Lisa C.
Impresionantes, que maravilla de edición!! Gracias por el sorteo.
I’m a papercutter myself, in a style unlike these great artistsans, but enthralled by the multiple techniques and ideas produced by them. These images are not only ways of telling a story, but go beyond into aesthetic purity.
I love the idea of turning each page into several small moments to stop and enjoy.
WOW! These books are special and it would be an honor to have one in my library.
congratulations on your new site! gorgeous and so very inspiring. thank you for your creative motivation and the chance to win these beautiful books. love from new york. xx
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