Borrowing from the Japanese paper-cutting art of kirigami, researchers have made specially cut tape that is 10 times as sticky as uncut tape but is also easy to pull free and reuse (ACS Appl. Mater.

A new, cutting-edge concept for solar panels started with two tools: paper and scissors. Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, researchers at the University of Michigan have created a lattice-like ...

A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake the way supplies are dropped from the air. Polytechnique Montréal engineers designed parachutes based on kirigami—cutting paper into ...

Hongchuan Wang, a college professor from China and artist in the traditional folk art of paper-cutting, will visit UND for a week, presenting free workshops for children and adults and exhibiting her ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Pat Eby Special to the Post-Dispatch Artist Carissa Vasilik creates hand-cut images fine, fancy, whimsical and sometimes ...

Constance Andrews is a living reminder that age is a state of mind. The 98-year-old former Eldred Township teacher practices the art of Scherenschnitte, also known as paper cutting. But that falls far ...

DreamPapercut creates amazing hand-cut silhouettes that take the form of butterflies, falcons, and flying balloons. Every piece is cut from a single sheet of paper and the negative spaces create a ...

The first Chinese Paper Cutting Art Festival came to a close Tuesday in Yuxian County, Hebei Province, where hundreds of folk artists and recognized intangible cultural heritage inheritors of paper ...

An artist is only limited by their imagination and the borders of their canvas – so what happens when you take one of those constraints away? That’s essentially what happened when Erik Ruin was handed ...

Polytechnique Montréal engineers designed parachutes based on kirigami—cutting paper into intricate patterns—that can automatically adapt in mid-air. The design has the potential to make air ...