Introduction to handmade paper craft
Paper art refers to using various paper and paper as the main materials through cutting, carving, tearing, piecing, folding, kneading, weaving, embossing, pasting, printing, binding, equipment, or high technology (such as laser ) and other means to produce two-dimensional or three-dimensional works of art.
Paper art is an artistic creation that uses paper materials as the main form of expression. Its biggest feature is that it can fully display the unique material beauty of paper. Unlike traditional painting art that uses paper as a foil for the colors of the pen, it uses paper Artistic creation for the primary medium. Use ready-made paper to cut, fold, paint, collage... to create a variety of paper art works.
The main forms of paper art
There are many types of modern paper art, not to mention the well-known Chinese paper-cutting, Japanese origami, and Taiwans paper vine flower art (simulated paper flowers). European paper art also has a different style, originating from the three-dimensional design of the Netherlands. Projection painting, Spanish Pajimen craft (paper lace), Egyptian quilted paper craft, European three-dimensional paper carvings, paper weaving crafts, paper clay crafts... Among them, paper cutting, origami and simulated paper flowers are used in labor skills courses There are more and more common. But this only covers a very small part of the paper art category. Modern paper art teaching still has broad room for development in the labor and technical disciplines. If other paper art categories are gradually introduced into the labor skill classroom, it will not only enrich the labor skill teaching content, but also allow students to fully experience the beauty of paper art and realize the joy of labor. By then, we will also be able to see the ready-to-appear three-dimensional projection paintings in the classroom, the cleverly conceived creative paper sticker paintings, the elegant and delicate Pajimen craft paintings with lace patterns, various simulated paper flowers, exquisite and unique origami dolls, etc.
Tear, cut, paste, dye, fold, carve, mold,Planting and inserting are common forms of paper art expressions, which are rich and diverse. The following forms of expressions are more suitable for kindergarten paper art activities.
1. Tear paper
Tearing paper is mainly a paper art creation that tears out simple shapes or object outlines by hand. It is the most primitive paper art expression technique. Hand tearing is not as flexible and precise as scissors, and there will be some limitations in the delicate workmanship, but this limitation is precisely the advantage of tearing paper. Tear-off paper is easy to use, easy to operate, simple in technique, and free in expression. It is not restricted by line and shape standards and skills. It has the characteristics of fun, safety, simplicity, etc., and is an important expression method of questioning.
2. Paper cutting
Paper-cutting is a paper art creation activity that uses paper as an object and uses scissors to cut out simple shapes or object outlines.
The customs and living habits of the north and south of my country are different, and their paper-cut expression styles are also obviously different. The paper-cut works in the north are round and simple in shape, with solid and compact compositions, and strong and concise lines; the paper-cut works in the south are light, graceful, and vivid in shape, with complex, gorgeous, and exquisite designs, and even more slender, tight, and smooth lines. Therefore, the styles and themes of paper-cutting are very wide and diverse.
3. Dye paper
Paper dyeing is a handmade activity that combines origami and dyeing. Paper dyeing activities in kindergartens are mainly divided into dip dyeing and drop dyeing. Dip dyeing involves using highly absorbent paper, cutting it into various shapes, folding it repeatedly and then dipping it into diluted watercolor dishes to produce bleeding and smudged patterns. Due to different folding methods, the resulting shapes and colors are ever-changing. Drip dyeing is to mix watercolors of various colors in a palette. Children hold a brush in their hands, soak the paint and then drip it on rice paper. Rice paper has a strong soaking effect.So each drop of different pigments will produce different colored "flowers" on the rice paper.
Dyeing paper is a creative game, especially suitable for young children. It can develop childrens fascination with color matching and color mixing skills.
4. Origami
Origami mainly makes use of the different textures and properties of paper, using techniques such as folding, folding, rolling, turning, and inserting, supplemented by techniques such as cutting, splicing, embedding, spelling, and painting to express the spatial image of various objects. . Origami is an ancient traditional art. It has the characteristics of wide source of materials, simple and easy folding methods, vivid images, vivid and beautiful shapes. Origami is the repeated overlapping of points, angles, lines, etc. to form various shapes such as triangles, squares, rhombuses, etc., which can broaden creativity and imagination.
5. Paper relief
Paper relief is a new type of fine paper art, which uses methods such as turning, folding, convex, concave, bending, shearing, cutting, and kneading to express three-dimensional effects and layering, and then cut the paper into appropriate graphics, and then Combine them into the ideal shape you designed. Paper relief not only allows people to experience the fun of hands-on work, but the strict procedures of paper relief creation can cultivate childrens logical thinking and sense of order.
The aesthetics of handmade paper art
Paper art is very beautiful. Without this beauty, I am afraid there would not be so many people obsessed with the creation of paper art. Life itself is a process of chasing beauty. This process makes many people feel very painful. This is because although the goal is beautiful, it is always too far away from reality. Therefore, in the process of chasing, this painful feeling follows you, but when there is One day, I stopped and saw the quiet paper art, and then I was addicted to it. The beauty will be discovered in an instant.
Paper art is a simple yet complex aesthetic art. This is because paper art is very simple to understand conceptually and sensually. If paper art can be summarized in one sentence, it is the art of paper. However, because there are many types of paper art itself, it has diversified into paper art. One of the major characteristics of paper art is that there are countless possibilities for the creation of paper art. The process of creation always makes people feel fresh. This is the joy and passion of pursuing creativity. The complexity far exceeds peoples imagination. .
The combination of these makes the simplest and most complex thing in the world - beauty, become clear. Understanding from this concept, we can easily connect paper art with beauty. Aesthetics arises inadvertently. The pursuit of beauty is fascinating, and the pursuit of paper art is equally touching. From paper art Aesthetics, constantly improve the creation of paper art from the aesthetic process. Once such a virtuous cycle is established, it is like stagnant water coming to life, and life becomes a world of paper art and beauty.
