Scherenschnitte: Designs and Techniques for the Traditional Craft of PapercuttingProvides instructions for making cut paper designs in the style of European folk art. |
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... carbon paper to transfer the origi- nal design onto the white side of the scheren- schnitte paper . When choosing carbon paper be sure that the color doesn't come off too easily . and cause the drawing to get smeared from being touched ...
... carbon paper to transfer the origi- nal design onto the white side of the scheren- schnitte paper . When choosing carbon paper be sure that the color doesn't come off too easily . and cause the drawing to get smeared from being touched ...
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... paper ( Fig . 2.2 ) . If you want to copy writing , be careful that there are no enclosed areas that will not show ... carbon paper with the colored side facing up ; in the middle , the scheren- schnitte paper with the white side facing ...
... paper ( Fig . 2.2 ) . If you want to copy writing , be careful that there are no enclosed areas that will not show ... carbon paper with the colored side facing up ; in the middle , the scheren- schnitte paper with the white side facing ...
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... carbon paper . Basic Rules of Cutting If the subject is drawn clearly and exactly so that nothing can be misunderstood when cut- ting , then you can begin . Right - handed people should always begin from the bottom right ; it is better ...
... carbon paper . Basic Rules of Cutting If the subject is drawn clearly and exactly so that nothing can be misunderstood when cut- ting , then you can begin . Right - handed people should always begin from the bottom right ; it is better ...
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18th century Adolf Menzel background paper basic rules begin black paper black scherenschnitte blade border carbon paper cardboard careful chapter Chinese mythology coated colored paper copy craft knife create cut edges cut from white cutting for right-handed decorated egg drawing easier easily effect enclosed areas especially Europe exactly folding and cutting folk art glass glued hand handicraft holding the paper hole important Jewish scherenschnitte Johann Jakob Hauswirth Lace cutwork large inner areas Lark Books layers of paper left-handed people clockwise Luise Duttenhofer matting middle motifs multiple folded cutwork negative cutting origami outer edge outer lines paper cuttings paper or parchment paste piece placed Poland Polish scherenschnitte R. W. Hus Saanenland Saugy scheren scherenschnitte artists scherenschnitte paper scissors Sequence of cutting shadow sharp sheep shearing silhouettes Soft points surface technique themes thin tips unfolded white cutwork white glue white paper white side Wilhelm Müller wood stain