Paper cutting art

I found various paper cutting art on the internet in my travels, I wanted to see what is out there. Origami is the first idea that springs into my mind when thinking about paper art, however I found an interesting article on Wikipedia which talks about the history behind Chinese paper cutting art which again is a different type of thing.

Here is the link:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_paper_art

I have also found a web site with an artist who specialises in paper cutting art. Below is a link to the site along with some pictures of the work.

http://www.pgannon.com/


http://www.pgannon.com/pgannon_socialgrooming.htm


http://www.pgannon.com/pgannon_rainkoi.htm

I think these look amazing and again it's a very different type of thing to the A4 paper cut art and the Chinese paper cut art.

Here's another link to an artist who uses paper cutting as art form:-

http://photowebs.blogspot.com/2008/03/3-dimension-paper-cutting-art-magic.html

I'd love to do anything like this, I might start practising and see how I do!