中英雙語話中國民風民俗 第104期:怎樣製作出完美的剪紙

How to Cut Perfectly

怎樣製作出完美的剪紙

It is easy to learn about cutting a piece of paper but very difficult to master it with perfection. One must grasp the knife in an upright fashion and press evenly on the paper with some strength. Flexibility is required but any hesitation or wiggling will lead to imprecision or damage the whole image. Engravers stress the cutting lines in several styles and there are four ideal but basic lines that they endeavor to master. They attempt to carve a circle like the moon,a straight line like a stem of wheat,a square like a brick,and jaggedly like the beard.

剪紙很容易學，但很難完美的掌握它。我們必須手直立握好剪刀，然後均勻按壓紙。靈活性是必需的，但任何猶豫或擺動會導致不準確或損壞整個圖像。雕刻師強調幾種類型的切割線，他們努力掌握4種理想但基本的路線。他們儘量剪得像圓月亮，直線如小麥的莖方形，像一塊磚，四面支棱狀像鬍鬚。