Golden Dragon
by Stephanie Grant
Title
Golden Dragon
Artist
Stephanie Grant
Medium
Digital Art - Digital / Photography
Description
This golden dragon started life many years ago, after seeing an exhibition of beautiful Chinese papercut work; I was inspired to try it myself. Armed with a fairly blunt pair of scissors and a pad of blue airmail paper (yes it really was a long time ago) a rather ragged edged dragon emerged. With the wonders of modern technology, a quick scan and a little digital manipulation he has taken on new life.
The oldest surviving paper cut out is a symmetrical circle from the 6th century Six Dynasties period found in Xinjiang China. Papercutting continued to be practiced during the Song and Tang Dynasties as a popular form of decorative art.
By the eighth or ninth century papercutting appeared in West Asia and in Turkey in the 16th century. Within a century, papercutting was being done in most of middle Europe
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April 3rd, 2015
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Stephanie Grant
Thank you all so much for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate your kind words!
Stephanie Grant
Thank you so much Becky for the feature in Black Background and Color, I really appreciate it!
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