This volume brings together all the various threads of the ancient oriental art of paper-cutting. The author traces the history of the art from its beginnings as a popular folk tradition in China, to its flourishing in Japan where it is now practised both as a fine art and a hobby. The text provides 30 step-by-step projects to teach readers paper-cutting, from simple traditional Chinese techniques to modern methods developed by contemporary Japanese and Chinese artists. The book also includes a section on how to mount and display cut-art.
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This review is from: Cut-Art: An Introduction to Chung-Hua and Kiri-E (Hardcover)
You may have seen scherrenschnit or cut-paper silhouettes. The Asian versions of this art move into using the paper like heavy line strokes, or the lead in stained glass. This allows techniques like filling the frames with different papers (those fabulous Asian papers!) or even backing it with a sheet painted to suit. Different colors, even metallics, for the cut paper, cutting two colors to be arranged on a fairly simply background -- the variety of techniques possible in just "cutting paper" make this a fascinating media. If you drool over decorative papers, this may be the art you've been waiting to find.
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