Author: Robert Borja
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 9780807549483
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
Highlights the origins and uses of Chinese paper cutting and presents instructions for many projects, including decorations, greeting cards, and puppets.
Making Chinese Papercuts
Author: Robert Borja
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 9780807549483
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
Highlights the origins and uses of Chinese paper cutting and presents instructions for many projects, including decorations, greeting cards, and puppets.
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 9780807549483
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
Highlights the origins and uses of Chinese paper cutting and presents instructions for many projects, including decorations, greeting cards, and puppets.
The Beginner's Guide to Chinese Paper Cutting
Author: Zhao Ziping
Publisher: Shanghai Press
ISBN: 9781602201361
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
With dozens of beautiful, original designs and detailed explanations, this Chinese paper cutting book is a great reference for beginners. Paper cutting is a popular papercraft in today's multicultural world, embracing a great variety of themes, designs and images. In China, its birthplace, it is regarded as an elegant traditional folk art. Chinese paper cuts reflect many aspects of life, including prosperity, health and the harvest. Paper cuts are typically used to decorate walls, windows and doors, or as patterns for embroidery and lacquer work. Rich in cultural tradition, with a long history of over 1,500 years, Chinese paper cutting was listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009. Easy to learn, paper cutting only requires paper and scissors which can be used to create a wide range of interesting paper cut outs. Instruction and inspiration can be found in The Beginner's Guide to Chinese Paper Cutting. This Chinese crafts book introduces all the basic elements of Chinese paper cutting, including the necessary preparation, basic techniques, simple practices and appreciation. The book's clear directions and illustrations will allow anyone to explore the art of paper cutting and start making their own works of art.
Publisher: Shanghai Press
ISBN: 9781602201361
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
With dozens of beautiful, original designs and detailed explanations, this Chinese paper cutting book is a great reference for beginners. Paper cutting is a popular papercraft in today's multicultural world, embracing a great variety of themes, designs and images. In China, its birthplace, it is regarded as an elegant traditional folk art. Chinese paper cuts reflect many aspects of life, including prosperity, health and the harvest. Paper cuts are typically used to decorate walls, windows and doors, or as patterns for embroidery and lacquer work. Rich in cultural tradition, with a long history of over 1,500 years, Chinese paper cutting was listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009. Easy to learn, paper cutting only requires paper and scissors which can be used to create a wide range of interesting paper cut outs. Instruction and inspiration can be found in The Beginner's Guide to Chinese Paper Cutting. This Chinese crafts book introduces all the basic elements of Chinese paper cutting, including the necessary preparation, basic techniques, simple practices and appreciation. The book's clear directions and illustrations will allow anyone to explore the art of paper cutting and start making their own works of art.
Brush of the Gods
Author: Lenore Look
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
ISBN: 0375870016
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
This gorgeous picture book biography, according to Kirkus Reviews in a starred review, is "a cheerful introduction not only to Wu Daozi, but to the power of inspiration." Who wants to learn calligraphy when your brush is meant for so much more? Wu Daozi (689-758), known as China's greatest painter and alive during the T'ang Dynasty, is the subject of this stunning picture book. When an old monk attempts to teach young Daozi about the ancient art of calligraphy, his brush doesn't want to cooperate. Instead of characters, Daozi's brush drips dancing peonies and flying Buddhas! Soon others are admiring his unbelievable creations on walls around the city, and one day his art comes to life! Little has been written about Daozi, but Look and So masterfully introduce the artist to children.
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
ISBN: 0375870016
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
This gorgeous picture book biography, according to Kirkus Reviews in a starred review, is "a cheerful introduction not only to Wu Daozi, but to the power of inspiration." Who wants to learn calligraphy when your brush is meant for so much more? Wu Daozi (689-758), known as China's greatest painter and alive during the T'ang Dynasty, is the subject of this stunning picture book. When an old monk attempts to teach young Daozi about the ancient art of calligraphy, his brush doesn't want to cooperate. Instead of characters, Daozi's brush drips dancing peonies and flying Buddhas! Soon others are admiring his unbelievable creations on walls around the city, and one day his art comes to life! Little has been written about Daozi, but Look and So masterfully introduce the artist to children.
Lao Lao of Dragon Mountain
Author: Margaret Bateson-Hill
Publisher: Zero to Ten
ISBN: 9781840890464
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A greedy emperor demands an impossible task from Lao Lao, a peasant woman who makes beautiful shapes from paper. Includes instructions for making traditional Chinese paper-cuts.
Publisher: Zero to Ten
ISBN: 9781840890464
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A greedy emperor demands an impossible task from Lao Lao, a peasant woman who makes beautiful shapes from paper. Includes instructions for making traditional Chinese paper-cuts.
Crepe Paper Flowers
Author: Lia Griffith
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
ISBN: 1984822381
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
With 30 projects and an introduction to both crafting paper flowers and working with crepe paper, this book is full of inspiration and expert advice for beginners. If you have a Cricut Maker, you can download the templates to your machine so you can enjoy your own homemade bouquets in no time. Crepe paper is the best material for creating paper flowers, especially for beginners. It's forgiving and malleable--easy to cut, bend, curl, and shape into peony petals, daffodil trumpets, chrysanthemum blooms, and more. And if you have a Cricut Maker, you can easily cut out the shapes from templates you download for free on Lia Griffith's website using a code. Then, follow instructions for crafting the flowers to arrange and display in vases and pots and as bouquets and wreaths.
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
ISBN: 1984822381
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
With 30 projects and an introduction to both crafting paper flowers and working with crepe paper, this book is full of inspiration and expert advice for beginners. If you have a Cricut Maker, you can download the templates to your machine so you can enjoy your own homemade bouquets in no time. Crepe paper is the best material for creating paper flowers, especially for beginners. It's forgiving and malleable--easy to cut, bend, curl, and shape into peony petals, daffodil trumpets, chrysanthemum blooms, and more. And if you have a Cricut Maker, you can easily cut out the shapes from templates you download for free on Lia Griffith's website using a code. Then, follow instructions for crafting the flowers to arrange and display in vases and pots and as bouquets and wreaths.
Traditional Jewish Papercuts
Author: Joseph Shadur
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584651659
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The definitive work on papercuts, a long-overlooked aspect of Jewish folk art.
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584651659
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The definitive work on papercuts, a long-overlooked aspect of Jewish folk art.
Playing with Paper
Author: Helen Hiebert
Publisher:
ISBN: 1592538142
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
This inspiring guide covers everything about paper, with 20 fun-filled projects, extraordinary artist profiles, and more.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1592538142
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
This inspiring guide covers everything about paper, with 20 fun-filled projects, extraordinary artist profiles, and more.
Chinese Cut-paper Designs
Author: Theodore Menten
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
269 modern paper-cuttings from Mainland China: horses, pandas, butterflies, flowers, fish, peacocks, monkeys, phoenixes, lanterns, vases, landscapes, other traditional and modern motifs -- printed solid red, black, blue or green. Often amount to silhouettes. Oriental feeling, decorations for graphics, various crafts.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
269 modern paper-cuttings from Mainland China: horses, pandas, butterflies, flowers, fish, peacocks, monkeys, phoenixes, lanterns, vases, landscapes, other traditional and modern motifs -- printed solid red, black, blue or green. Often amount to silhouettes. Oriental feeling, decorations for graphics, various crafts.
Chinese Cut-Paper Animal Designs
Author: Dover
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486154033
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
This bold assortment features an original selection of 125 rare black-and-white cuts of animal motifs, with unusual renderings of fish, dragons, butterflies, horses, cranes, and other creatures.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486154033
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
This bold assortment features an original selection of 125 rare black-and-white cuts of animal motifs, with unusual renderings of fish, dragons, butterflies, horses, cranes, and other creatures.
Bringing In the New Year
Author: Grace Lin
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
ISBN: 0375987045
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This exuberant story follows a Chinese American family as they prepare for the Lunar New Year. Each member of the family lends a hand as they sweep out the dust of the old year, hang decorations, and make dumplings. Then it’s time to put on new clothes and celebrate with family and friends. There will be fireworks and lion dancers, shining lanterns, and a great, long dragon parade to help bring in the Lunar New Year. And the dragon parade in our book is extra long–on a surprise fold-out page at the end of the story. Grace Lin’s artwork is a bright and gloriously patterned celebration in itself! And her story is tailor-made for reading aloud.
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
ISBN: 0375987045
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This exuberant story follows a Chinese American family as they prepare for the Lunar New Year. Each member of the family lends a hand as they sweep out the dust of the old year, hang decorations, and make dumplings. Then it’s time to put on new clothes and celebrate with family and friends. There will be fireworks and lion dancers, shining lanterns, and a great, long dragon parade to help bring in the Lunar New Year. And the dragon parade in our book is extra long–on a surprise fold-out page at the end of the story. Grace Lin’s artwork is a bright and gloriously patterned celebration in itself! And her story is tailor-made for reading aloud.