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Appreciation and comments on Gao Fenmeis paper-cut work "Eagle Treading on Rabbit"

Appreciation and comments on Gao Fenmeis paper-cut work Eagle Treading on Rabbit Appreciation and comments on Gao Fenmeis paper-cut work "Eagle Treading on Rabbit"

For those who like paper-cutting, the theme of "Eagle Stepping on Rabbit" is no stranger. Especially after the Year of the Rabbit Paper-cutting theme column was launched, Paper Art Network specially dedicated several paper-cutting tutorials of "Eagle Stepping on Rabbit". Many paper-cutting enthusiasts followed the paper-cutting tutorials and learned how to cut "Eagle Stepping on Rabbit". production, and also have a certain understanding of the background knowledge of "Eagle on the Rabbit". The paper-cutting "Eagle Stepping on a Rabbit" that I admired today was created by Ms. Gao Fenmei, a paper-cutting artist from Inner Mongolia. He is 83 years old this year. He is a paper-cutting artist on the national intangible cultural heritage representative list and is also the paper-cutting inheritor at the Lingol Autonomous Region level.


Appreciation and comments on Gao Fenmeis paper-cut work Eagle Treading on Rabbit


Although Paper-cutting Artist Ms. Gao Fenmei is 83 years old this year, she is very sharp and still has unlimited enthusiasm for paper-cutting. This exquisite traditional folk paper-cut work "Eagle Trampling a Rabbit" is a product she picked up at her fingertips. No matter what the subject matter is, she can express it with the scissors in her hand as long as she conceives it lightly in her mind. And the paper-cut works displayed can be praised as unparalleled in terms of composition and knife skills.


Whether it is in the traditions and beliefs of ethnic minorities or the beliefs of Han people in the Central Plains, "eagle stepping on rabbit" represents good luck and good luck. If someone is lucky enough to see an eagle trampling a rabbit in nature, then the land will be called an auspicious place, and it also indicates that the person who sees this scene will have good luck. Every year during the traditional Lunar New Year, every household will put up exquisite paper-cut window grilles on their windows. Among the exquisite paper-cut window grilles, we can always see different styles of "Eagle Stepping on the Rabbit" paper-cut window grilles. People hope to pray for peace and good weather for the year with the help of the paper-cut window grilles of "Eagle Stepping on a Rabbit".


Ms. Gao Fenmeis work "Eagle Trampling a Rabbit" is extremely vivid, especially in its expression of animal behavior, which feels full of tension. The meticulous knife skills instantly transport people to the grassland where wild horses gallop. This work "Eagle Trampling a Rabbit" also cleverly uses the forms of flowers and plants to balance the paper-cutting effect.The center of gravity prevents the paper-cut work from shifting to the left due to simply making the scene of the eagle trampling on the rabbit. This technical paper-cut production method can only be used exquisitely in paper-cut creation after accumulating sufficient experience. It can be seen that Ms. Gao Fenmei has very rich experience in paper-cutting.