How to cut paper-cut

There are three kinds of paper-cut haircuts, which are introduced as follows:

1. Folding paper-cutting: Folding paper-cutting is the most common way of making and expressing among the people. The so-called folding paper-cut is a paper-cut that is folded and cut in different ways. The earliest flowers, such as "Ma Dui" and "Piled Monkey", were cut out by folding. Folding paper-cut folding method is concise, easy to make, labor-saving and time-saving, and the shape is somewhat deformed. Especially suitable for symmetrical shapes and symmetrical patterns, such as people, frogs, butterflies, turtles, reflections, fish and so on. And geometric patterns, flowers, landscapes, utensils and other themes can be adapted.

Silhouette: Silhouette is an ancient form of paper-cutting art, which expresses the shapes of people and objects through contours, so it pays the most attention to the beauty and modeling of contours. Due to the limitation of contour modeling, silhouette generally represents the profile of people or other objects better. Its tools are mainly scissors and carving knives, and the paper is usually black or heavy color paper. When showing the silhouette of a character, it is usually cut while looking at the object. Silhouette is very suitable for showing light transmission effect, and it is a distinctive paper-cut type.

Third, tearing paper: tearing paper is a new type of traditional folk paper-cutting. Its method is to use different kinds of paper and tear out the shape by hand. Hand-cutting will naturally be greatly restricted, which is not suitable for expressing the exquisite effect of workmanship, but it is this restriction that shows its unique artistic personality and has a simple, elegant, bold and vigorous style. In the process of tearing paper, there is often a casual and natural charm.