Paper-cutting for the Year of the Horse: Fengxiang Clay Sculpture Paper-cutting Horse Paper-cutting Patterns and Tutorials
There are many very unique designs in the Year of the Horse paper-cutting. Although these designs are not presented and expressed in a traditional way, the paper-cutting patterns themselves still come from other traditional folk arts. For example, the configuration of the paper-cut horse we see here. The pattern of the paper-cut horse itself comes from the folk clay sculpture art of Fengxiang. Through the re-understanding and interpretation of Fengxiang clay sculpture art, it is expressed here in the form of a paper-cut horse. , let us see a very wonderful production configuration of Fengxiang clay sculpture paper-cut horse. Since paper-cutting is often composed of two artistic configurations, yin-cut and yang-cut, the same fusion method is also used in the creation of the Fengxiang clay horse in this Year of the Horse paper-cut.
It is obviously different from our common paper-cut horses. This Fengxiang clay paper-cut horse is flatter in terms of basic style. This flattening process does not completely sacrifice the three-dimensional structure. We can notice that this paper-cut horse seems to be facing us in a semi-sideways manner, especially its pattern structure and texture display, which is very grand. Because it is necessary to highlight the patterns and textures in the middle of the paper-cut horses body, when presenting the body structure of the paper-cut horse, a perspective structure is directly flattened, so that the auspicious pattern in the middle is expressed in a symmetrical structure. What comes out is not too abrupt and difficult to understand.
1. Preparations before the paper-cutting of Fengxiang Paper-cutting Horse in the Year of the Horse. This is a very interesting paper-cutting production, and it is also a good experimental paper-cutting work. We can notice that this Fengxiang paper-cut horse is more in line with the paper-cut requirements for window grilles, because the asymmetrical shape shows an internal symmetrical structure, and other patterns are also displayed in more detail. This requires that the paper we prepare has good toughness and is suitable for manual operation.
2. Tracing. If you don't have a particularly deep understanding of the configuration of this traditional paper-cut pattern, a simpler approach is to spend more time on the tracing. We can draw the entire shape of the paper-cut horse, and then outline it with a single stroke based on the shape and structure.Some important auspicious pattern structures are also presented in the form of lines.
3. Paper-cutting tutorial for Fengxiang clay sculpture horse. The next thing that needs to be done is to complete the building materials category of this paper-cut horse. As for the auspicious pattern configuration in the middle of the paper-cut horses body, because its structure is centrally symmetrical, after partial folding, the centrally symmetrical building materials can directly obtain the sign pattern in the middle of the paper-cut horse. However, some patterns on the body of the paper-cut horse may be more suitable for carving with a carving knife, so as to obtain a very good paper-cut horse effect. Finally, I also recommend a beautiful paper-cut for the Year of the Horse: http://zhidiy.com/jianzhi/jiaocheng/6163.html. This paper-cut horse also expresses the traditional folk paper-cut horse pattern configuration, but the production ideas of the two are completely different. You can try it too.
