Paper-cut magpie pattern and tutorial

In traditional folk culture, magpies have always been regarded as a symbol of good luck because of their melodious calls. It is precisely because of this cultural understanding that when appreciating paper-cutting, you will often see magpie patterns appearing in the works. Magpies themselves have always been relatively close to humans, and they usually like to live near human houses. Although todays urban life has kept many birds, including magpies, away from us, we can keep good luck with us forever by making paper-cut magpies.

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Paper-cut work "The Magpie Sings in Spring"

1. Preparation: Take a piece of colored paper and fold it twice to form four layers, or take four pieces of colored paper and staple the edges.

2. Tracing: On the stapled paper, use a pencil to draw the picture carefully, paying attention to the shape of the magpies head and body.

3. Cutting: The magpie is an auspicious bird in folk customs and is often used in folk paper-cutting. When cutting a magpie, you need to pay attention to it in a lively and lively way, so you must grasp its appearance - its slender body and slender tail. When cutting out the eyes, you can just cut out a small round hole (see the paper-cut work "Happy Eyebrows"), or you can cut out a small crescent moon and leave a small dot for the eyes (see the paper-cut work "The Magpie Mings in Spring"). The language of paper-cutting rarely simply repeats objective objects, but always adds relevant beautiful things to the reflected things. For example, on a magpie, instead of just cutting some feathers, it adds a symbolic plum blossom pattern as an embellishment, which makes people feel It reminds me of the beautiful mood of magpies announcing spring and happy eyebrows (plum blossoms). If the magpies claws are cut alone in a standing posture, they can be cut into four claws, or two claws one in front and one in the back. When the magpie is in a flying or lying position, the claws and legs will be cut when the claws are retracted. No need to prune. For example, prune the magpies posture when standing on a branch. Do not prune the claws and toes, just prune the magpies legs. The method of pruning the claws of other birds is basically the same as that of the magpie.

Paper-cut work "Brows with Joy"

The common themes of magpies in paper-cutting include "Happy Events (Persimmon) Coming", "Happy Heaven and Earth", etc.