Simple Paper Cutting Designs - DIY Love hearts ❤️ - Origami gift for wedding, birthday party 简单剪纸
Channel: 王彦工作室Wang Yan Studio
Date: 29/04/2020

Simple Paper Cutting Designs - DIY Love Hearts - Origami gift for wedding, birthday party ｜简单剪纸,漂亮爱心窗花

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Chinese New Year Papercutting - https://youtu.be/JhzU_asd-c4

I like to use any occasion to decorate our windows – birthdays, holidays, parties, or anything really. I also make cards to send as presents. One lovely way to do this is by making your own paper cutting. Paper cutting is one of my favourite folk art, in Chinese is called Jian zhi(剪纸) ，jianzhi has been practiced in China since at least 6th century AD, and used to wish people good health and just for decoration. It is still very popular, and you should definitely have a go! 

I like red. As I grew up in the culture of red, red is associated with festivals and happiness; but other colours were also used, which I will show you another time how to create a multi colour paper cutting.  

Papercutting is an art form, the best examples are collected by collectors. But anyone can do them and they are commonly created for festivals like spring festival, weddings, announcing a child’s birth and so on. Today, I am going to show you a love heart. You may want to make one for your loved ones, and it is a nice easy one to start off with. 

No one really knows where the love heart symbol comes from, but some research has been discovered, that the origins are the Indu Valley Civilisation, and the picture is exhibited in Delhi national museum. There is other research saying it’s from heart shaped fruit of the plant silphium in northern Africa. But it is also reported that the heart shape was popularised by the famous philosopher Aristotle in Greece. He may well have inspired a lot of artist to use this beautiful shape to represent the heart. It is now a symbol everywhere of love and romance.

Back to our papercutting, Chinese created cut-out art long ago, way before the paper invented by Cailun. At that time, people cut out from leaves, feather, silk and various other thin materials.

I really enjoy making paper cuttings, it is always a delight when it opens up, and you get to stick it on the window or mount it to a card. On the window the light comes through, and beautiful shadows emerge in your home. It cheers me up. And it may cheer others up too as well. So I hope you enjoy papercutting with me. 

Stay safe, and stay creative. 😍❤

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