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Characteristics of paper-cutting and paper-cutting art

Characteristics of paper-cutting and paper-cutting art Characteristics of paper-cutting and paper-cutting art

The style of paper-cut art is rough, simplified, and romantic, with solid and clear outlines and shapes, and vivid and interesting patterns. As a carrier of folk activities, it inherits folk culture, and its content and form are both inheritable and fixed. Coupled with the prescribed techniques and patterns of paper-cutting, folk paper-cutting has formed a relatively stable special artistic expression. Folk paper-cutting authors have integrated themselves into the main body of creation. Through the selection, deliberation and creation of paper-cutting themes, after a long period of historical precipitation, what images are used and what specific combinations of images are used to express what meanings will be reflected in the national culture. A common thinking imprint and a conventional aesthetic identification are formed in the group, and the programmed formula adds a procedural nature to the paper-cut modeling method.


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Modern paper-cut "Golden Pig Happy Tax"


The basic material of folk paper-cutting is flat paper, and the basic language symbols are points, lines, and surfaces. The composition adopts two-dimensional flat expression, which determines the flat characteristics of paper-cutting performance, that is, any image creation coexists in a Within the visual plane of a specific shape, the ancient simple view of yin and yang has a deep-rooted influence on peoples thinking. Ancient thinkers believed that every thing and phenomenon has both positive and negative aspects. This idea is reflected in the folk paper-cutting art of seeking the best of both worlds and advocating perfection. Various plastic art forms have their own strengths, and they are not exhaustive in expressing objects. Paper-cutting art, which holds a two-dimensional space concept, focuses on the depiction of the outlines of objects, characters (for details, see: Paper-cut Characters - Adult Paper-cut Patterns and Production Tutorials), The outlines of animals (see: tiger and deer paper-cut patterns and production tutorials) and many images are the most expressive. The side paper-cut images have an absolute advantage in the art of paper-cut. The outline is only the basic skeleton of the paper-cut shape, and decorative details are also needed inside. , such as the eyes of animals, the flowers of clothes, the feathers of birds, etc., to make them rich, dense and dense.