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Deformed "Shou" paper-cut pattern and production tutorial

Deformed Shou paper-cut pattern and production tutorial Deformed "Shou" paper-cut pattern and production tutorial

After seeing the basic patterns and tutorials on how to cut the word "Shou", many people may have this question. Many times the paper-cut "Shou" seen has been deformed, so these paper-cuts How are works created and produced? In fact, since Chinese characters are pictographic characters, when creating paper-cut characters, you can creatively create and change them according to the specific meaning to be expressed. For example, if you want to express the meaning of perfection in the paper-cut "longevity", Paper-cut works with the word "longevity" can be made into a round shape. Many interesting cutting methods require everyone to continuously accumulate during the learning process.


1. Preparation: Take three pieces of paper, one of which is folded in half once to the left and once to the top. The other two copies are folded left and right only once.


2. Tracing: Carefully draw the symmetry line of each character with a pencil according to the glyph shape. The symmetry line on the paper matches the symmetry line on the picture.


3. Cutting: Along with the long historical development of our country, the word "Shou" has evolved into various compositions. The two attached styles are the most common among the people. As long as you pay attention to discovery, continue to accumulate, and study the changing patterns of various "Shou" characters, you will gradually master the various cutting methods of the "Shou" character.


Deformed Shou paper-cut pattern and production tutorial


"Shou" paper-cut work "Yuan Shou"


The round seal character "Shou" (see the paper-cut work "Yuan Shou") is a wish for the elderly not only to live a long life, but also to live a perfect life, with a graceful and luxurious beauty; when cutting, pay attention to the equal thickness of the strokes and the equal spacing. . The word "Shou" in square seal script (see the paper-cut work "Shou") means "happiness and longevity" with a dignified and noble tendency; when cutting, pay attention to exaggerating the vertical strokes and bolding them appropriately to make peopleIt feels stable; the horizontal strokes are thin, the arrangement is dense, and the spacing should be equal.


Deformed Shou paper-cut pattern and production tutorial


"Shou" paper-cut work "Fangshou"


The most common paper-cutting method for the word "Shou" is to use the inward scissor method to cut out a hundred small "Shou" characters on a big "Shou" character, expressing the wish for the elderly to "live a hundred years". .