cut paper
Craft with scissors
Cut paper is a craft or art form in which designs are created by cutting shapes from paper, either freehand or with templates.
The technique spans cultures—from Chinese paper cutting to Polish wycinanki to Victorian silhouettes.
Cut paper can describe the medium, the technique, or the finished artwork: She works in cut paper, a cut paper illustration.
- scissorsPivoted twin-blade cutter
- collageAssembled mixed-media artwork
- snipSmall quick cut
- foldBend onto itself
- craftSkilled manual art
scrapbook · silhouette · confetti · snowflake · tissue · crease · blade · slice · trim · decoupage · shred · tear · edges · scraps · template · mosaic · layered · glue
- collagecollage, photo collage, digital collage, cutout, cutouts
- picture bookspicture book, picture books, illustrations, storybook, storybook art
- stencilsstencils, stencil art, template, templates, mylar
method of paper manipulation
cut paperfolded paper
torn paper · ripped paper · origami · crumpled paper · papier-mâché
cut, paper, cuts, cutting, cutter, cutters, papers, papered, papering