PAPERCRAFT ACROSS CULTURES

Papercraft Across Cultures

Nearly every culture on the globe has some kind of art form involving the cutting, gluing, moulding, stitching, layering, and/or folding of paper.

Papercraft has existed almost as long as paper itself.

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Papel Picado

Mexico

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Germany

Scherenschnitte

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China

Jianzhi (剪纸) or

chuāng huā (窗花)

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Japan – Kirigami (切り紙)

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Japan – Kirigami (切り紙)

• Poland – Wycinanki

• Italy/France/Egypt – Quilling

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• India - Sanjhi

• Nordic (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway).

Artist Peter Callesen is Danish.

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http://www.petercallesen.com

More work by Peter Callesen.

Hand cut paper art by Lisa Rodden

http://designalmic.com/hand-cut-paper-art-lisa-rodden/hand-cut-paper-art-by-lisa-rodden-flame-01/

Australian paper artist Lisa Rodden cuts, slices, and folds thick layers of white paper on top of acrylic painting that is occasionally accompanied with text.

The small geometric cuts reveal windows of paint creating a strikingly precise interplay of color and shadow.

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Our next project:

For this project we will create a low relief paper sculpture with a painted background using X-Acto knives, heavy weight paper and water color paints.

Our next project:

• This project will be accomplished in several steps:

–Experiment with different ways to cut and fold paper to make designs.

–Decide on design(s) to be used.

–Cut designs out of one of your papers.

–Create a painted background using watercolor.

Our next project:

Our next project (examples):

Our next project (examples):

Our next project (examples):

• http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/05/100-extraordinary-examples-of-paper-art/

• http://www.incredibleart.org/lessons/high/barb-paper.htm

• http://www.papercutters.info/SA/ByType/index.php

• http://www.art-rageous.net/LightCapturingDesigns.html

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-WM-x__BOk&feature=player_embedded

• http://www.lisarodden.com/

• http://web.archive.org/web/20040210141245/http://www.dickblick.com/lessonplans/2004lightcapturing/

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