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 ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. The versatility of paper is well-known in sustainability ...

A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake the way supplies are dropped from the air. Polytechnique Montréal engineers designed parachutes based on kirigami—cutting paper into ...

Carolyn Guest can draw with scissors. The St. Johnsbury resident is one of only a handful of folk artists in Vermont devoted to the art of paper cutting. What began as a way to pass time as a child ...

Constance Andrews is a living reminder that age is a state of mind. The 98-year-old former Eldred Township teacher practices the art of Scherenschnitte, also known as paper cutting. But that falls far ...

Zhang Xuehua works on a piece of paper cutting work. [People's Daily Online/Wang Rui] Zhang Xuehua is an inheritor of the art of paper cutting, who works attentively in her workshop in Ma'anshan city, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Pat Eby Special to the Post-Dispatch Artist Carissa Vasilik creates hand-cut images fine, fancy, whimsical and sometimes ...

Have you ever tried to create paper-cut art? You know, like folding up a piece of paper and then cutting little designs into it? It doesn’t seem that hard, right? That’s probably because you’re not ...

A new, cutting-edge concept for solar panels started with two tools: paper and scissors. Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, researchers at the University of Michigan have created a lattice-like ...

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Polytechnique Montréal engineers designed parachutes based on kirigami—cutting paper into intricate patterns—that can automatically adapt in mid-air. The design has the potential to make air ...