The books
Three collections, one pen. Choose full paper-cut story scenes, bold stencil objects you can color light or dark, or guided pages where small dots show where the ink goes.
Forty scenes. One pen each.
Story-driven books in the Scherenschnitte paper-cut tradition. Forty full silhouette scenes each, made for a single pen.

Monochrome Grimm
Forty dark, enchanted tales from the Brothers Grimm.
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Monochrome Alice
Forty scenes from Wonderland, one pen at a time.
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Monochrome Nutcracker
Clara's Christmas Eve, told in forty silhouettes.
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Monochrome Odyssey
Homer's epic voyage in forty bold silhouettes.
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All four books. One pen.
Alice, Grimm, Odyssey and Nutcracker as instant PDF downloads. 160 silhouette scenes, each with its reference gallery. Print at home as often as you like.
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Monochrome Grimm: The Stories
A book to read, not a coloring book. The original tales behind all 40 Grimm scenes, each illustrated with its finished silhouette. Instant PDF, $5.99 USD, or $11.99 USD with the coloring book.
Bold objects. Light or dark.
Instead of full story scenes, each page is a single bold object designed as a stencil, grouped around a theme. Fill the shapes for a light page or the background for a dark one.
- Bold standalone objects
- Themed sets of related things you love
- Color every page light or dark
- Quick to finish in one sitting
Dots show the way. One pen.
Small dots mark every shape to fill, so you always know where the ink goes. The first Guided book is Shadow Lives: forty everyday scenes where a shadow reveals a secret self.
- Small dots mark every shape to fill
- Forty everyday scenes, each with a secret
- Single-sided pages, 8.5 x 11 in
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Shadow Lives
Forty everyday scenes where a shadow reveals a secret self.
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Monochrome Tarot Mini
Twelve mystical coloring pages inspired by the Major Arcana. Print them at home and try the one-pen method for yourself.
- 12 printable pages, 8.5 x 8.5 in
- Silhouette reference gallery included
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