Fun with Papercut

Fun with Papercut 

剪紙樂

8/17/2022

Silhouette of a crow 烏鴉

<= A papercut

Both of the two original photos

courtesy: Hsin I Huang 黃信一

Silhouette of a hummingbird 

蜂鳥  Another paper cut = >

(Above) Hiker’s silhouette as a motif

道行人圖樣為剪紙母題

From a single hiker’s cutout*, several variations are born

由單一的剪紙圖形，衍生出數個變化

*Cutout: 木刻、布或剪紙的圖形

Hiker‘s log: “The peach blossom spring “ an imitation of a classic literary canon from China

道行人日記：仿桃花源記

緣山徑行，風景優美。忘路之遠近，復前行，林中豁然開朗，一片綠茵舖地，落英繽紛…

The mountain trail is mixed with a variety of flowers and trees, and the scenery is beautiful. Forget the distance of the road, and move forward again, the forest suddenly opens up, a green field with scattering petals here and there….provided by online translation w/corrections by author

Hiker’s log：Tour of the virtual land 

道行人日記： 虛擬世界遊

Paper cut cats

兩隻剪紙貓咪

These two cats were done with the same cutout 

by flipping the tails

They are artist cat (left) &  cat who came from the cold (right)

                                                                             

        

Photos below showed Chinese character of

春 - “Spring” in the 

three dimensional artwork for a Lunar New Year’s display 

 Chinese paper cutting

3D 中國剪紙

                                                                                   

Chinese dragon papercut 筆雕中國龍

Papercut using Xacto knife 

 Grace Liu