Technological characteristics of thin-line engraving paper

With the changes of the times, artists who make low-priced fine-grained engraved paper are gradually unemployed. Only the 78-year-old artist Lin, a master of arts and crafts in Zhejiang Province, who has just been awarded the title of "Top Ten God Scissors in China", can make jewelry dragons and fine lines. He is the representative figure of Yueqing Fine Line Engraving Paper. All his paper-cut works use "Yueqing Fine Line", which uses patterns to adjust the relationship between black and white and balance the composition and theme. His paper carving style is exquisite and beautiful, and it exudes the unique aura of Jiangnan. Not only is the composition lively and amazing, but the delicate lines are interlocking and even more amazing. His sculptures, such as Fish Leaping in the Dragon Gate, Longevity Prolonged by the Pine Crane, Goddess Scattering Flowers, and Avalokitesvara with Thousand Eyes and Thousand Hands, won the first prize in the National Paper-cutting Competition for many times, and the Eight Immortals on the Mountain were collected by China Art Museum. Under the impact of commodity economy, the "one of the best in China" fine-line paper carving handicrafts are facing the crisis of extinction, and the number of employees is shrinking (now about 20), which is worrying.