For nearly thirty years Charles Burns, aka the Roving Artist, has been cutting silhouettes at conferences, corporate events and charity fund raisers. Famous for the speed and accuracy of his scissor-cut portraits – as well as the enthusiasm with which he approaches them – his trademark surgical scissors are never far from his hand.
Silhouette portraits first became popular during the Georgian and Regency periods. Today, anybody in the world can have their silhouettes cut by Charles at either a virtual to real-world event. Whether online or in person, you’ll be amazed by the speed and accuracy of his portraits, as well as the wit and charm with which they are made.
Charles has taken a musty, long-forgotten art and reinvented it for the twenty-first century. His equipment – a pair of scissors and a pocketful of paper – has not changed since Jane Austen’s time. His skill and presentation, on the other hand, is unmistakably fresh and modern. Watching Charles cut a silhouette is an object lesson in hand-eye coordination.
