Paper Cutting Mouse and Snake Tutorials and Patterns
In Chinese myths and legends, the mouse was transformed from a boy who scattered money. The reason why he came to the world and became a mouse was mainly because he violated the laws of heaven, so the mouse in the paper-cut works Patterns often indicate wealth; among the twelve zodiac signs, the rat ranks first, and the rat itself has the attributes of being smart, smart, optimistic and kind, so it is often used as the preferred image in zodiac paper-cutting. The snake image in the paper-cut pattern also has two meanings. One is that the snake is a "little dragon", which means graceful and graceful, so it is very suitable to be made into paper-cut works and given to gentlemen. Secondly, the snake pattern also has a blessing of wealth.
1. Preparation: Take two pieces of colored paper and fold them twice to make each piece into four layers, or take eight pieces of colored paper and staple them into two pieces.
2. Tracing: On the bound paper, carefully trace the picture, paying attention to the movements of the mouse and snake body.
3. Cutting: Although rats are listed as one of the "four pests" in life, and are also called rats in the northern region, in folk customs they are a symbol of wisdom and rank first among the twelve zodiac animals. The mice in folk paper-cutting are lively, clever and cute, so when cutting paper
It is necessary to exaggerate its bright eyes, small claws, and long tail. Because of its small body, it is generally rarely decorated with patterns. Most of the things that are combined with mice are fruits and utensils (see the paper-cut work "Mouse on the Lampstand"), and there are very few combinations with flowers and plants.
Traditional paper-cut themes include "Mouse on the Lampstand", "Mouse Stealing Oil", "Mouse Eating Grapes", etc. The most interesting and humane traditional themes: "Mouse Marries a Girl" is popular in the south, and "Mouse Marries a Girl" is popular in the north. Its "The Mouse Takes a Wife."
Paper-cut work "Mouse on the Lampstand"
Snakes give people a sense of insidiousness and fear in life, but in folk paper-cutting, they have "two sides", that is, they represent wealth in the zodiac, such as "Snake coiled around the rabbit, generations rich", the snake is "money scurrying around" ";andOn the other hand, for example, the traditional theme of dragon boat festival "cutting off the five poisons" snakes also represent disasters and disasters.
The body of a snake is usually cut into an "S" or disk shape, and the head of a snake is often expressed in an anthropomorphic way. Some cut the snakes eyes into two small dots (see the paper-cut work "Snake Rushing") , some are cut into two small crescent patterns, the snake tongue is also exaggerated, and the end is curved and elongated.
Paper-cut work "Snake Rushing"
