paper cuttings
Decorative snipped sheets
Paper cuttings are decorative designs made by cutting paper with scissors or a knife.
The art form appears across many cultures—Chinese jianzhi, Polish wycinanki, Mexican papel picado—often featuring intricate symmetrical patterns, silhouettes, or lacy designs.
Paper cuttings serve as decoration, folk art, or craft projects: She learned to make paper cuttings in art class.
- scissorsPivoted twin-blade cutter
- craft knifeSmall precision cutting tool
- craftSkilled manual art
- cut outRemoved or suddenly stopped
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
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- Lunar New Yearred envelopes, lion dance, dragon dance, firecrackers, lanterns
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Sculptural paper-creasing art
paper folding · quilling · paper weaving · decoupage · kirigami
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