Kirigami

A while back I got some cool paper cutting books from Mitsuwa but I hadn't had time to play around with them until yesterday.  I just took some cheap origami paper that I had laying around -- folded it in half from corner to corner and the folded in half twice more.  Then I browsed some of the designs in the book and freehanded these.  I have some nifty little super sharp titanium blade scissors which made it quite easy to cut through all the layers.  They did tend to shift though, so some little binder clips might be a good idea in the future. 

I can see that it will take a lot of practice before I am making some of the beautiful elaborate designs that I want to experiment with -- something suitable for framing -- but for now I think I'll just do these for fun and maybe think about cutting some that I can glue on little handbound notebooks or something.

I've had a difficult time finding good Kirigami (Japenese for "cut" "paper") books.  Any suggestions from fellow paper cutting addicts out there?

Comments

[Erin]

I have been planning a traditional style Hawaiian quilt in my mind for a while, but haven't seen the exact pattern I'm envisioning in a book yet ... maybe I'll check out a paper cutting book just learn how to design my own ... the styles seem very similar except with fabric instead of paper. Thanks!!

[Tsoniki]

I love those! I can close my eyes and see a few designs already and how cool would that be to have them framed.