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✂️ Paper art ✂️ To cut paper art
kirigami

kirigami

1 8.8
A Japanese art of cutting and folding paper to make decorative shapes like flowers or snowflakes
  • noun
  • /ˌkɪrɪˈɡɑːmi/
: kirigami
  • Kirigami allows you to create stunning decorations simply by cutting and folding paper.

Examples

  • Paper Dandy's Horrorgami: Marc Hagan-Guirey is the creative mind behind Paper Dandy and these kirigami (a single sheet of paper) horror-themed models.

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  • During the workshop, participants learned the techniques of kirigami to make decorative projects.

  • He has made "13 original kirigami buildings based on infamous haunted locations from cult movies including: The Exorcist, The Amityville Horror, Psycho, and Beetlejuice."

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  • The beautiful snowflakes she made were intricate examples of kirigami.

Synonyms

origami
vskirigami
18 6.1

A Japanese art of folding paper into animals or flowers

includes cutting as well as folding to make decorations

How Complex

kirigami
1 8.8
origami
18 6.1

Surface Forms

kirigami singular
kirigamis plural

Etymology

Kirigami comes from the Japanese parts kiri 'cut' and kami 'paper', so it means 'cut paper'. It is like origami (folding paper), but kirigami often uses cutting as well, which is why the word names the art or the paper object made this way.