paper cutting
Snipping intricate designs
Paper cutting is the art of cutting decorative designs from paper, typically using scissors or a craft knife.
The practice spans cultures—from Chinese jianzhi to German scherenschnitte to Mexican papel picado—producing intricate silhouettes, symmetrical patterns, or lace-like imagery.
She learned paper cutting from her grandmother.
The term also describes any instance of cutting paper: Be careful with paper cutting—the edges are sharp.
- papercraftMaking things from paper
- kirigamiCut-and-fold paper sculpture
- paperfoldingShaping sheets by creasing
- papermakingCreating sheets from fibers
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
window display · stencil art · shadow puppetry · filigree · pop-up cards · steady hands · folk art · craft knife · scrapbooking · scissors · intricate design · blade · handmade · art form · delicate · template · lace · Chinese
- cutting taskshedge trimming, nail clipping, pruning
- art formspainting, drawing, sculpture, photography, music
- Chinese cultureConfucianism, Chinese calligraphy, Beijing, Chinese New Year, Daoism
- craftssewing, knitting, painting, glue, scissors
- Lunar New Yearred envelopes, lion dance, dragon dance, firecrackers, lanterns
- ChinatownChinatown, dim sum, dragon dances, Chinese New Year, lion dances
paper cuttingorigami
Sculptural paper-creasing art
paper folding · paper weaving · paper marbling · decoupage · papier-mâché
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Sculptural work in rock
bronze casting · metalworking · woodworking · ceramics · glass blowing