Kirie, the traditional Japanese art of paper cutting, is definitely a delicate craft. Making use of negative space and relying on painstaking and intricately carved…

As some of our readers may know, 切り絵 kiri-e is Japan’s version of paper-cutting art. While some artists work in monochromatic paper, others work with…

Japanese paper cutout artist SouMa (@SouMaNoKirie) posted four photos on her Twitter account, eliciting many reactions of surprise and disbelief. The pictures look like glasses…

Kirie, or traditional Japanese paper cutting, can produce some truly gorgeous art. Relying on painstaking and intricately carved designs, the art form can add a…

Thirsty? Well, here’s a bottle of water… Or maybe not… While the header image above looks almost lifelike, it is actually the all-too-detailed cutout of…

While not unique to Japan, the art of paper cutting, known as kirie 切り絵 (literally “cut images”) in Japanese, has been practiced as early as…

Artists practiced in kirie, the traditional art of Japanese paper cutting, often take washi paper and make such beautiful and intricate carvings that it’s hard…

Combining the themes of “a sense of wonder” and the natural world, last year’s Bokura no Mori ボクらのもり (literally “Our Forest”) brought together talented Japanese…

The traditional Japanese art of papercutting, or kirie, can truly be a beautiful sight to behold. 25-year veteran Masayo Fukuda, however, may have produced one…

Japan has no shortage of papercraft vituosos who can create wonderful objects of art. For example, we have seen intricate kirie papercutting by Shinobu Ohashi…

In that past, we’ve seen some incredibly intricate and beautiful work produced by the art form of kirie, or traditional Japanese paper cutting, which is…

“Are they really only made from 1 piece of paper?” This might be the response many people will have after seeing these intricate works of…