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The illusion of an infinite vortex
For this 7th piece, I chose a pattern representing the inside of a wormhole. For this last papercut, it's one of the most difficult techniques of papercut because the precision of the curves and the thickness of the cut lines are essential for a final quality result. The cuts must imperatively follow the drawing for an optimal optical illusion. The imperfect geometric elements are immediately visible to the eye, it's why I recommend you to make your drawing on computer software such as Adobe Illustrator.

Posted by Arnaud P. from Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France • Published See Arnaud P.'s 7 projects »
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  • How to cut a piece of papercutting. 7. Inside The Wormhole - Step 1
    Step 1

    Print your design or draw it very precisely on a white sheet of paper. Scotch your drawing so that the paper is stretched and does not curl.

  • How to cut a piece of papercutting. 7. Inside The Wormhole - Step 2
    Step 2

    Start your cuts from the center this time to remove line by line of small rectangle.

  • How to cut a piece of papercutting. 7. Inside The Wormhole - Step 3
    Step 3

    You must be totally focused on each cut, set reasonable goals for each cutting session.

  • How to cut a piece of papercutting. 7. Inside The Wormhole - Step 4
    Step 4

    Be careful not to cut one of the lines left previously, the error would then be very difficult to repair because the glue will be seen at the end, which would not be clean.

  • How to cut a piece of papercutting. 7. Inside The Wormhole - Step 5
    Step 5

    The more you advance in your cuts, the longer it will be because there will be more and more rectangle to be cut on each line.

  • How to cut a piece of papercutting. 7. Inside The Wormhole - Step 6
    Step 6

    When you start to cut the first full circle, be extremely precise because each element to be cut will be very very fine.

  • How to cut a piece of papercutting. 7. Inside The Wormhole - Step 7
    Step 7

    On a drawing printed on white paper, you will risk having some places of your cuts that lose their color, I would advise you to go over your lines a little bit of black ink with a fine brush. Be careful to only use alcohol-based ink so as not to distort your papercut.

  • How to cut a piece of papercutting. 7. Inside The Wormhole - Step 8
    Step 8

    Here too, each circle will take longer and longer to be completely cut.
    The diameter of the circle will increase faster than the size of the rectangles to be cut out.

  • How to cut a piece of papercutting. 7. Inside The Wormhole - Step 9
    Step 9

    Once the entire circles cut out, you will only have the last large rectangles left on the sides. This step is the most satisfactory because it is quite fast.

  • How to cut a piece of papercutting. 7. Inside The Wormhole - Step 10
    Step 10

    Your papercut totally cut, you can now prepare a border cut from a sheet of black paper. Here the whole is placed on a white sheet of paper.

  • How to cut a piece of papercutting. 7. Inside The Wormhole - Step 11
    Step 11

    You can also fix everything on a colored background, the one of your choice. I chose to make a watercolor pencil background.

  • How to cut a piece of papercutting. 7. Inside The Wormhole - Step 12
    Step 12

    Protect your papercut in a frame that matches with the dimensions of all your sheets.

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