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The Book Of Paper Cutting: A Complete Guide To All The Techniques - With More Than 100 Project Ideas

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This is a very nice first book for someone who thinks they might be interested in paper cutting. It reviews different countries approaches to paper cutting. It contains patterns and directions for lots of different projects. Best of all, it has things simple enough to convince you to try the craft out while at the same time including enough complex, exciting projects to fire your imagination. The Polish style was particularly appealing to me and I've ordered 2 books on that type of cutting.

I first encountered this book in the library and checked it out so many times that I finally gave in and bought my own copy. I've made gifts using the instructions and patterns in this book, and found that the guidelines and levels of difficulty ratings are dead accurate. I've used this book as a springboard to go further into this craft.

One word of advice - I have found origami paper the best suited paper for most of these projects. Regular silhouette paper is hard to come by and expensive. Construction paper is much too thick, hard to cut, and usually not acid-free.

I love this book so much!It is my all time favorite.I must have every papercutting book out there,and this is by far the best.I highly recommend it.Carol Pasqualetti,A Happy Cutter!

I enjoyed reading this book as my first introduction into the art of Papercutting.
It is interesting to read about the history and various countries it was practiced in, and has certainly sparked my interest in looking into certain styles further. I am especially impressed with the papercutting work by the artist Marie-Helene Grabman.

The patterns are good for beginners, even my 8 year old daughter has been happily cutting the heart patterns. A good book with plenty of tips for the novice.

The projects in this book are very detailed and beautiful, but in my opinon, are not for younger paper artist. In addition, the volume of history about this form of art is phenomenal in this edition.