Basic techniques and processes of paper-cutting
Like all paper art productions, paper-cutting also has its own unique production techniques. If you want to express your inspiration and ideas smoothly and smoothly in paper-cutting creation, you must first master the common paper-cutting techniques. That is to say, the basic technique of paper-cutting. Only with a solid foundation of techniques can we be able to create as we wish. Familiarity with the paper-cutting process can help everyone better understand the paper-cutting creation process and be orderly when making paper-cutting works.
The "five elements" of the basic techniques of paper-cutting are: round, pointed, square, missing, and line. The round cut should be like the autumn moon, full and round; the tip of the cut should be like wheat awns, sharp and straight; the square cut should be like tiles, neat and powerful; the cut should be like saw teeth, arranged in an orderly manner; the cut line should be like beard, even and fine. The cuts should be neat, leaving no stubble, and not over-cut or damaging other places. This is the most basic requirement for paper-cutting.
In terms of expression, paper-cutting can be divided into five categories: single-color paper-cutting, point-color paper-cutting, separated-color paper-cutting, lining-color paper-cutting, and painted-color paper-cutting. Among them, single-color paper-cuts are the most common in various places, with the largest number and the richest content. It is characterized by strong contrast between reality and reality, bright and eye-catching, and simple style
Generous and infectious.
The process of making paper-cuts should generally follow the principle of "three first, three last". That is to say, it is complicated first and then easy, it is main first and then secondary, it is inside first and then outside. That is to say, cut the complicated parts first and then the easier parts; cut the important parts first and then the less important parts; at the same time
Make sure to cut the inner part first and the outer part last. Only in this order can a beautiful paper-cut work be successfully completed.
Paper-cut work "Feeding Chickens"
For the paper-cut work of feeding chickens, for example, the most complicated part of the character is cut first. In the character part, the facial features are the most important parts of the character. After the facial features and the pattern of the characters body and clothes are cut, the outer outline of the character is cut. . Another example is the paper-cut work "A Basket of Greens". The main object - cabbage - is cut first, then the other fruits, then the basket, and finally the outer paper of the basket.
Paper-cut work "A Basket of Green"
