Japanese paper cutting, Mon Kiri by Claire Persons and Anne Burton

Mon-Kiri!

Also known as Kirigami

The art of Japanese Paper Cutting

By Anne Burton and Claire Persons

When you cut out your design, it's important to leave the bottom point uncut or else it will fall apart.

Bibliograhy

http://www.origami-resource-center.com/kirigami-instructions.html

April 23

Also, you must leave some of either side uncut or it will fall apart.

When you have finished, it should look like this.

Once it looks like this, cut where the dashed line is so that the top points no longer exist.

Fold the left corner along the dashed line so that the bottom edge lines up with the right edge.

Same with these:

(make shure that you've cut low enough so that there are no other folds visible.)

Fold the right corner along the solid black line so that the bottom edge lines up with the dashed line.

Start with a flat square of paper

Then fold it in half diagonaly so that it makes a triangle

A shape like this:

Will create a design like that.