Paper and scissors are the basics of Susan Urban’s craft. “I have about 20 pairs of scissors in different sizes,” the West Springfield artist says. “When you’re using scissors on paper, they get dull ...

Working under a dim light at a drafting table near the furnace in his basement, Scott Kloska gets lost in his art for hours, cutting tiny geometric shapes out of paper with a No. 11 craft blade. "I ...

LITTLE ROCK — The handicraft of paper cutting is believed to have originated in China, where paper was invented. Paper-cut designs have been discovered there that date back 1,000 years. Paper cutting ...

If you roam around China's suburbs, you will be charmed by the decorative doors and windows of the shops and houses that are livened up by beautiful paper cuts with exquisite carvings and interesting ...

Li Yunxia deftly snips away at a piece of folded red paper using small scissors with very sharp blades. Soon, a dog’s head emerges. The canine has a plum blossom design on it and even carries a gold ...

Gao Yingfeng (fourth from left) shows some of her paper cuttings to students in her workshop. [Photo by Huo Yan/China Daily] The first thing that greets visitors at Gao Fengying's home is a stocky, ...

Ye Kaiyuan creates paper-cutting artworks balancing the ancient art form and contemporary life (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Using a pencil, a pair of scissors and a scalpel, Ye Kaiyuan turns a piece of ...

Ji Yulan, an inheritor of the intangible heritage paper-cutting from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] With a pair of scissors in her right hand and red ...

Anna Kronick is one of very few Judaic paper cutters practicing today, with a highly contemporary body of work that breathes new life into the sacred tradition. Annak Kronick, cover for "Guide to ...

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