Papercutting arts

what is paper cut ?

Papercutting or paper cutting is the art of cutting paper designs. The art has evolved uniquely all over the world to adapt to different cultural styles.

How did paper cut appear ? The oldest surviving paper cut out is a symmetrical circle from the 6th century Six Dynasties period found in XinjiangChina. Papercutting continued to be practiced during the Song and Tang Dynasties as a popular form of decorative art.By the eighth or ninth century papercutting appeared in West Asia and in Turkey in the 16th century. Within a century, papercutting was being done in most of middle Europe (see also scherenschnitte and silhouette).

Papercut are famous around the world, such as phillipines , china , india and more.

Most of the people find it really pretty , because of those small details on the paper .

In Jewish ,

Papercutting has been a common Jewish art form since the Middle Ages, connected with various customs and ceremonies, and associated with holidays and family life. Paper cuts often decorated ketubot (marriage contracts), Mizrahs, and for ornaments on festive occasions. A story tells of Rabbi Shem-Tov ben Yitzhak ben Ardutiel, finding that his ink had frozen, continued to write the manuscript by cutting the letters into the paper. By about the 17th century, papercutting had become a popular form for small religious artifacts such as Mizrachs and Shavuotdecorations. In the 20th century, the art of Jewish papercutting was revived in Israel. Today it is most commonly used for mizrachs and ketubot.

In Mexican ,

Papel picado is the Mexican art of paper cutting. Tissue paper is cut into intricate designs with scissors or small, sharp chisels; this technique is frequently used to produce decorative banners.

Well , paper cut are really popular around the world ,