FELICIA'S FABULOUS FOLKART

 

 

 

CHINESE PAPER CUTS: Tiger, Ox, and Rooster Chinese Paper Cutting or Jian Zhi has been practiced in China for almost 1,000 years.  Paper was invented during the Han Dynasty 105 AD.  Paper Cuttings started appearing  420-589 AD and became a more important art form during the Tang Dynasty 618-907 AD.  

  Chinese Paper Cut.....Year of the Horse......by Felicia Dvornicky Chinese Paper Cutting  

  WYCINANKA WEDDING SCENE fragment by Felicia I created this paper cut for a lady in Kuala Lumpur, Malasia. She wanted it for her brother's wedding, as he was marrying a Polish girl.  It was part of a paper cut that featured the entire wedding scene.

  I decided to decorate wooden crosses with similar designs as pisanki eggs.  I drew on the bare wood with pencil first and then proceeded to burn the lines into the crosses using a woodburning tool.  It has different types of points that become heated to a very high temperature and actually burn the lines in the wood.  I colored one of the cross designs with permanent marker and then varnished the crosses to make them permanent.

 

  Goose Egg Pysanka Ukrainian pysanky design on a goose egg.