Meeting starts at 12:30 pm
Chinese Paper Cutting Art and
the Artist Lucy (Ping Liu)
Chinese Paper Cuts also called
Scissor-cuts (jian zhi), it is a type of traditional folk artwork with rich local flavor popularized by numerous
people. Chinese Paper cutting started during the period of the Han Dynasty,
about 1800 years ago, after paper was invented in China. Starting from 14th
century this art was spread to the other parts of the world. Artists developed
the paper cutting art while merging with the local culture.
In the ancient times, the art
pieces were made to decorate home windows and doors for a happy Chinese New
Year & for a good new future. One of
the most popular paper cutting schemes is the 12 Chinese Zodiac, is a scheme
that relates each year to an animal
and its reputed attributes.
In modern China, the hand cut paper art is
also used as one of the valuable gifts for the important events. Chinese
governors always choose Chinese hand cut paper art work as one of the gifts
when they visit the other countries. It symbolizes great perspective wishes and
good future. Each of the individual cutting pieces is created over several
hours of very intricate hand cutting with scissors from a single sheet of paper. All
parts of the design interconnect. Due to the handcrafted nature of
this art, each piece may have subtle differences. No two pieces are exactly the
same. These are "One of a Kind" Unique Artwork, NOT "mass
produced" or cut by modern laser techniques. Original Paper Artwork Pieces Have Been Known
to Considerably Appreciate in Value Over time. People also frame them and hang them
on the home or office walls. Smaller pieces are always put on the tables, desks
or book shelves as beautiful decorating pictures.
About the artist:
Lucy (Ping Liu) is a Chinese Paper
cutting artist. She started learning this art when she was 6 years old. She has
been creating and designing this art work for many years. She is also a paper
cutting art teacher. Her art work has been
exhibited in many galleries and libraries in the United States, and has
received critically acclaimed reviews & her very intricate style of cutting
is highly recognized. She is also a member of Chinese Fine Art Society in the United
States. Her greatest motivation is that she has been very blessed in doing what
she loves and loving what she does. She has many dedicate paper cutting
artworks. She will demonstrate and cut a very vivid Chinese Dragon in less than
20 minutes, which even to an artist, painting or drawing this dragon within
this short time is a big challenge. She also will teach us to cut a snake for
the year of snake for Chinese New Year 2013 celebration!
You can see her work on exhibit at the Woodridge Public Library throughout the month of January.
You can see her work on exhibit at the Woodridge Public Library throughout the month of January.
