What is a Tear Sheet?

Paper tearing is a kind of flat cutout art that is similar to paper cutting but different from paper cutting, because it does not need to draw drafts and does not require tools. It is an art that uses its own body to communicate with paper. Because the number of torn paper homes is scarce and most of them are relatively low, this has caused the awkward situation of the slow development of this art

Tear paper

Paper tearing is a kind of flat cutout art that is similar to paper cutting but different from paper cutting, because it does not need to draw drafts and does not require tools. It is an art that uses its own body to communicate with paper. Because the number of torn paper homes is scarce and most of them are relatively low, this has caused the awkward situation of the slow development of this art
Chinese name
Tear paper
Similar
Paper cut
Craftsmanship
Flat cutout art
Features
No need to draw a draft
In the process of torn paper, the cooperation of thumb and index finger is mainly used.
A paper tearing house is subject to many restrictions. First of all, the output of the work is very low, because the hands are easily congested and swollen, and only those who really love this art can endure it. Nails are also one of the restrictions. Because the nails are difficult to withstand long-term use, they will be broken if they are not careful, which will cause the embarrassing situation of the torn paper home for weeks. Due to the limitations of the above two points, most of the torn paper works are relatively small in size. Moreover, the paper tearing house generally does not draw drafts, which requires the paper tearing person to have superb imagination and memory. Each part of the pattern should be clearly remembered in his heart.
The so-called torn paper at the back is that when the torn paper artist creates his hands, he puts his hands behind his back and does not rely on visual aid to create his work.
Due to the difficulty, very few people have mastered this stunt. This stunt video can be seen in a torn paper home blog provided by extended reading. Because of its younger age, the level is limited, but it can already make people feel the magic of this stunt.
One of the annoyances of paper-tearers is that sometimes the authenticity of the work is suspected, because the master's tear-off works can be as delicate as paper-cuts. In fact, this problem is well solved. To discern whether a work is paper-cut or torn, just look at the work The edges, the edges of the paper cut are smooth, and the fibers of the paper will be cut neatly. The edges of the torn paper are relatively rough, and there are some fluff-like fibers. These are the characteristics that paper cutting cannot imitate.

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