What is the difference between the art of paper-cutting

Some people believe that the classification of paper-cutting should be based on the use, which can be divided into:

(1) decorative: sticking it on the object for appreciation or to increase the beauty of the object, such as the window flower

(2) secular beliefs: used for rituals, praying for blessings, fear of disaster, fear of evil, repellent paper-cutting, such as the door god

(3) draft class: used for the mold, printing and dyeing of paper-cutting, such as embroidery manuscripts

(4) Design: paper cuttings that add to the beauty of the object or promote it, such as the opening credits of a movie or a TV program

Also, some people believe that paper cuttings should be divided into three categories:

(1) Window and colorful cuttings made of monochromatic paper, known as paper cuttings, and colorful cuttings, known as flower patterns.

(2) Any work made of colored paper cut and pasted should be called cut and paste.

(3) Any work that is cut and then filled with color should be called cut-outs. This statement is vague and general, specious, not only the same as the many works of window flowers are not included, and the term "cut and paint" is still interpreted, it is not appropriate to classify, not to mention cut and colored works will be how to categorize, is open to question.

To paper and production classification

There are also paper and production classification, mostly for teaching purposes. It will be divided into two categories of paper-cutting seven:

The first category: monochrome paper-cutting. Is to use a color paper to cut and do. Subdivided into

(1) folding cut class, that is, the paper is folded and cut, let go of a pattern or font.

(2) Iterative cutting, i.e., overlapping several sheets of paper, nailed down and then cut according to the draft, which can result in several pieces of work at a time.

The second category: compound color paper-cutting, also known as color paper-cutting. It is a collage of several pieces of colored paper cut into pieces, or cut into white paper and then dyed and filled with various colors, or cut into the main version, lined with white paper and then dyed and filled with various colors. Subdivision can be:

(1) lining color class, the first monochrome paper-cutting method cut into a picture, and then lined with colored paper

(2) set of color class, the monochrome paper-cutting method to cut into the main version of the main version and the second version of the image, and then cut another color paper mounted on the main part of the need; or will be the draft of the various colors of the color paper, overlap the nails, and then along the line of the draft to cut into the next, choose a main version, mounted on the backing, and then the rest of the color paper, the main version, the lining, and then the rest of the color paper, the lining, and then the color paper. backing, and then add the rest of the part of the paste on top of the main plate.

(3) color collage class, that is, respectively, with the color paper cut into various parts of the image, and then according to the pattern mounted on the liner; or see the overlap of the color paper stapled together, and then according to the manuscript cut into, and then kissed collage on the liner.

(4) dyeing class, that is, easy to impregnate white paper or light-colored paper cut into various images, and then dyed into the desired color one by one; or dye the paper first, and then cut into images.

(5) coloring class, that is, the first black paper or dark paper cut out of the main plate, mounted on white paper, and then fill in a variety of colors in accordance with the draft; or cut into the theme of the image of white paper, mounted and then filled with dyeing of the required colors; there are also filled with the first color and then cut to do.

(6) magnetic paper-cutting, magnetic paper-cutting in the process of handmade and machine-made points, handmade paper-cutting and cutting and engraving points.

As for both types of methods of paper-cutting, should choose its main method of its category.

(From Baidu Know)