Wednesday, August 19

PAPER CUT

Then....

Now...
My great-grandmother was a Chinese papercut artist. I have always been so impressed by the crazy attention to detail in this art form. Her pieces were cut from red paper like the ones shown here and the subject was very traditionally Chinese, lotus flowers, butterflies, goldfish, etc. Today's papercut artists have thrown the door wide open on both content and style. I especially love the stark intricacy of these pieces by Julene Harrison.

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