Artist Grace Hart creates a beautiful, intricate paper cut piece in video 2 of our new Artist How-To Series on the ancient art of Paper Cutting. Grace draws her design in pencil first with the plan of keeping the shaded areas and cutting away the white paper. See her full process and techniques and give it a try yourself. In video 3, see her tips for framing a paper cut. See more art from Grace here: https://www.strathmoreartist.com/blog-reader/a-little-heart-papercut-art.html | Strathmore Artis

Friday marks the Chinese Lunar New Year, but what's the cultural background for this traditional festival? This paper-cut animation tells the story of "Nian" and the origins of the celebrations. #SpringFestival2021 #YearofOx | China Plus Culture