Working under a dim light at a drafting table near the furnace in his basement, Scott Kloska gets lost in his art for hours, cutting tiny geometric shapes out of paper with a No. 11 craft blade. "I ...

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 ...

The painter Henri Matisse made his name by putting brush to canvas. And when chronic illness made painting difficult, he made his mark all over again by putting scissors to paper. Martha Teichner ...

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 ...

Editor's note: Chinese paper-cut is an ancient folk art form that involves cutting intricate patterns and images from paper. This technique, deeply rooted in Chinese cultural traditions, is not only ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Kernel" took Brown five months to cut, build and complete. "It is a meditation on the architecture of natural organic forms in which I strive to reproduce the growth mechanisms of nature: multiple ...

Polish ‘wycinanki’ are the beautiful paper cut-outs that can be found in shops and museums all over the world. Our step-by-step guide to their construction will help you make these colourful creations ...

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Gao Yingfeng (fourth from left) shows some of her paper cuttings to students in her workshop. [Photo by Huo Yan/China Daily] The first thing that greets visitors at Gao Fengying's home is a stocky, ...

Engineers attempting to make solar energy more affordable for the average user have long faced a conundrum. Solar panels capture much more energy when they can shift to follow the movement of the sun ...