Very recently, I got to know of this lovely art of paper cutting through a friend. At first my mind went "Whoaaaaa, that's too advanced for me" . It looked so intricate and delicately made. It in fact, mimics a thin lace fabric with a lot of attention to detail.After contemplating whether or not I should venture into this kind of art, I decided to give it a try 😎 Coz why not ?!
So I went ahead and bought a size 1 craft knife in the brand X-acto. It is used for precision handcrafting like this paper cutting. I used a regular A4 sheet of paper and my regular work surface.
Please note that the knife is really sharp and if kids want to try this , adult supervision is required.
And I started off with drawing an template of the shape I wanted to make, in this case - leaves. This work requires a lot of patience as I sat about cutting out minuscule triangles and diamonds inside the outline leaving out certain borders where I wanted to place the veins.
After about 5 to 6 hours of meticulous cutting and removing the pieces of paper , I had with me a beautiful and delicate piece of art !
I am planning to try out different shapes and styles too in the future. As for these two regular leaf and maple leaf patterns, I got them Framed 😍
Hope y'all have fun making this ! Ciao 🙋
So I went ahead and bought a size 1 craft knife in the brand X-acto. It is used for precision handcrafting like this paper cutting. I used a regular A4 sheet of paper and my regular work surface.
Please note that the knife is really sharp and if kids want to try this , adult supervision is required.
And I started off with drawing an template of the shape I wanted to make, in this case - leaves. This work requires a lot of patience as I sat about cutting out minuscule triangles and diamonds inside the outline leaving out certain borders where I wanted to place the veins.
After about 5 to 6 hours of meticulous cutting and removing the pieces of paper , I had with me a beautiful and delicate piece of art !
I am planning to try out different shapes and styles too in the future. As for these two regular leaf and maple leaf patterns, I got them Framed 😍
Hope y'all have fun making this ! Ciao 🙋
