Indeed, it was a very practical folk art. For example ... Zhongyang craftsmen's scissors' points as a living fossil of our long history. Therefore, a Zhongyang paper-cutting is not only a simply ...

Bianca Levan ’06 curates and displays her paper-cutting art at Connecting Cuts, an exhibit featuring traditional, ...

Why not try both and see which you prefer. This keeps the end of the cut neat. Sometimes you can tear the paper if you snip the scissors fully shut. What shape are you building? If it is curvy use ...