Paper cutting and modern design
Paper-cutting is one of my country’s traditional folk art forms. With its unique formal beauty, it has always been deeply rooted in the hearts of people from all over the country. Although it is now a popular culture, it is mainly concentrated in the vast rural areas of our country. Such an environment provides a good development advantage for the art of paper-cutting. For example, it has always been developed along with peoples folk activities, and at the same time it plays a beautifying role in decorating farmyards, integrating utilitarianism and aesthetics. Any art form reflects the aesthetics and ideology of a specific group of people. Paper-cutting can be said to fully reflect the mentality and character traits of its creator, the working people. In terms of composition and processing techniques, it is rough and simple, strong and soft, thick and fine, beautiful and delicate, exaggerated and concise, frank and honest, etc. It can be seen that paper-cutting has various forms in terms of composition. It is this art category that embraces many artistic styles that provides diverse creative elements for modern design.
Modern design concepts are paying more and more attention to the integration of traditional cultural elements. Foreign designers do better at this point. For example, in some foreign fashion brands such as Chanel, Calvin, Klein, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Dior, Cartier, Gucci, etc., you can see the use of some Chinese national elements or other national artistic elements. The works are very brilliant, and the fashion is permeated with a strong sense of national culture. At present, our countrys designers are not doing well enough in this regard and have not made full use of the folk art resources of our nation. If we can find inspiration from it, coupled with modern design concepts and technologies, we will definitely make the products even better, and at the same time It allows the traditional art form of the nation to be displayed, thus localizing the product, instead of blindly imitating others and always living in the shadow of others. In fact, Chinas current design is in such a situation, sandwiched between China and the West, neither Chinese nor Western. We have so many traditional art forms of our nation, which are rich in form and content. If we can learn something from it, it will not only make the work itself rich and full, but also promote the further development of traditional culture.
In today’s rapidly developing society, no one can predict the status of paper-cut art in people’s lives (towards). Therefore, in the current state, it not only strengthens its own development, but also finds a new breakthrough, that is, a new living space - existing in modern product design with a new attitude. While adding fresh elements to modern design, it also highlights the traditional Chinese folk art form.
