Paper-cut artist draws inspiration from ethnic cultures

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Wang also experiments with different paper-cutting techniques, including stippling, where an artist carves or cuts the patterns on white paper and then uses a brush to dot in colors.

The technique is used in a piece themed on the ancient Silk Road. The scene depicts a princess in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and seven women in ethnic costumes. It shows sericulture skills being taken to western regions via the Silk Road. Local ethnic women are taught how to raise silkworms and weave cloth. The paper work, with rich colors, took Wang a year to finish.