On the Formal Elements in Folk Paper-cutting

China folk paper-cut is an important part of traditional art in China. On the one hand, it partly inherited the mysterious primitive thinking of human beings, on the other hand, it was bred in a long and closed space. Folk paper-cut graphics are rooted in the traditional artistic origins of China's nationalities and regions. Folk paper-cutting comes out of the national tradition, not simply by repeated displacement and variation, but by extracting elements from traditional art and recreating them with modern creative consciousness and expression techniques. The new paper-cut graphics created not only retain the charm of local art, but also have distinctive characteristics of the times, with brand-new visual images and visual effects.

Keywords: paper-cut art plane composition

China folk paper-cut is an important part of China traditional art and an artistic image, which has a history of more than 2,000 years. But it is not a simple repetition and true reproduction of objective things, but the result of folk artists' bold imagination, refining, processing and recreating things according to various aspects. The image modeling concept of China folk paper-cut is highly praised by modern graphic design, and graphic composition is a way of modern art design. It is similar to the traditional paper-cut art in China, and the spread of folk traditional art also contains rich plane elements. A comparative study of paper-cutting and plane composition can deepen the understanding of the value of traditional art and help to carry forward traditional art; At the same time, graphic composition can also learn from the art of paper-cutting to enrich and expand its own way of communication.

China folk paper-cut modeling, coming out of the national tradition, is not a simple shift and variation, but an extraction of elements from traditional art and re-creation with modern creative consciousness and expression. The newly created paper-cut graphics have a brand-new visual image and effect.

Through the historical extension of traditional graphic art, we can see that graphic art itself is an open system, which is constantly updated and expanded under the impact of new technology and consciousness. Its subsequent connotation and spirit are the result of long-term accumulation of national history, unique to the Chinese nation and the soul of national form. Therefore, in order to make China traditional graphic art develop in modern design and create a new national form, we should take its "shape", expand its "meaning" and convey its "spirit" on the basis of understanding. Our re-creation after re-understanding of folk paper-cut modeling is deepening and upgrading, from the graphic expression of folk paper-cut modeling to a profound analysis of the cultural connotation of folk paper-cut modeling, which is very important for modern graphic design.

The basic principle of graphic composition design is to generalize complex graphics and express them in the form of two-dimensional space, that is, to create new artistic images according to certain laws of beauty through the characteristics of basic morphological elements in graphic design-points, lines, surfaces and their relationships, so as to achieve unique artistic effects. As a reflection of China's cultural spirit, traditional folk paper-cutting has a glorious past and a long history. With the development of national culture, folk paper-cutting has considerable stability, variability and adaptability. With the changes of history and folk customs, every dynasty has to show some new paper-cut patterns. In China traditional art, many art forms (such as paper-cutting, New Year pictures, embroidery, etc. ) are conveyed in the form of two-dimensional space, which has similar artistic effect to plane composition. Although the plane composition is an artistic creation in the plane two-dimensional space, it is not a two-dimensional effect but a three-dimensional effect in visual effect because of the particularity of its elements and forms, which is the essence of the plane composition.

Paper-cutting is one of the most popular and widespread folk arts in China, which has various styles and local characteristics. The communication mode of paper-cut art is mainly based on the connection of images in content, using a large number of combinations, and exaggerating and deforming reasonably in modeling, thus showing the artistic beauty of pattern forms. Among them, symmetry, balance, repetition and emission are the most commonly used forms of paper-cut patterns, and the elements of plane composition are used in them to varying degrees. Paper-cutting is to extract elements from traditional art and recreate them with modern creative consciousness and expression.

Looking for design elements from China folk paper-cut art in real life, observing and analyzing from different angles, creating a meaningful and formal aesthetic form can transform an invisible abstract concept and psychological state into a concrete image, thus leading to the extension and connection of abstract concepts. No matter what its artistic style, paper-cutting art is characterized by plane structure, that is, it forms various works of art in the form of pure plane points, lines and surfaces, which is a two-dimensional space art in a complete sense. The communication mode of paper-cut art is mainly based on the connection of images in content, using a large number of combinations, and exaggerating and deforming reasonably in modeling, thus showing the artistic beauty of pattern forms. After more than 2,000 years of inheritance, development and evolution, the communication modes of paper-cutting art have been very rich, among which symmetry, balance, repetition and divergence are the most commonly used ways of paper-cutting pattern forms, which all contain the elements of plane composition to varying degrees.

Emission composition is a common way to convey plane composition, which basically means that bone units disperse outward or concentrate inward around one or more central points. The forms of launching are also very common in life, such as fountains and umbrella ribs. The composition of the emanation gives people a sense of beauty with a specific aesthetic value. It comes from life, but it is higher than life. In the process of communication, it has two remarkable characteristics: first, it has strong focus and is usually located in the center of the picture; Secondly, it has a strong sense of space and movement, so that all graphics are concentrated or spread to the center.