Saturday, June 18, 2011

Lesley-Anne explores paper cuttings

During the last week of school before the mid-year holidays, Lesley-Anne's school arranged for non-curriculum programmes for the students, which I thought was a nice way to end the term. Lesley-Anne was allocated the module, Chinese folk art, where she was introduced to the technique of paper cutting.

The students started out with your basic symmetrical cuttings and were provided with templates of the zodiac animals. Lesley-Anne chose these cos they represent our family (except for the horse, the teacher didn't have a template for the dragon, which is Andre's sign). Oops, I think I just revealed all our ages...

Following this exercise, the students moved on to more complex, non-symmetrical templates, requiring a sharp penknife and a deft hand.

The module sparked Lesley-Anne's interest in paper cutting and during the first two weeks of the holidays, she scoured the Internet to find patterns. She found the Chinese designs to be very complex and detailed, so she expanded her search to Western templates.

These were the first two she attempted: giraffe and wolf


Next, she did a dragon template cos she felt bad that Andre didn't have his zodiac cut-out earlier. It's now displayed on his wardrobe.

Finally, she decided to challenge herself and located this intricate design of Noah's Ark.

I thought it was a show-stopper and was very impressed by the results. I love her attention to detail and her patience. That's what holidays should be about! Not attending enrichment classes but taking the time to have fun and explore your creativity.
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8 comments:

  1. LilianJune 18, 2011 at 2:34 PM

    AMAZING!! I love the Noah's Ark one so much. She's so talented!! How long did that take her to make?

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  2. monlimJune 18, 2011 at 4:13 PM

    Lilian: She did the Noah's ark over 2 days. I think she just had more time these hols to do her own stuff, which is nice (and rare!)

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  3. bethybobsJune 20, 2011 at 10:50 PM

    I think they all look lovely. If she wants to display them you can stick some interestingly coloured tissue paper behind the image and frame it. I have seen it done in Japan and it looks beautiful.

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  4. monlimJune 20, 2011 at 11:15 PM

    Bethybobs: That's a great idea, thanks for the suggestion!

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  5. adaJune 22, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    Wow, so perfectly executed..I'm truly amazed at her patience & eye for detail! Reckon this takes way more effort than figuring out jigsaw puzzles! :p

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  6. monlimJune 22, 2011 at 9:38 PM

    Ada: I'm thankful at least one child inherited my love for art (and jigsaw puzzles)!

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  7. AnonymousJune 27, 2011 at 11:09 PM

    Mon, L_A is so talented! I love the Noah's Ark too, amazing!!

    Chris

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  8. monlimJune 28, 2011 at 12:04 AM

    Thanks, Chris!

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