Origami, paper-cutting, and paper carving can be collectively referred to as paper art, and a piece of paper in the hands of an artist can have infinite possibilities. The paper art that each of us is most familiar with is the traditional Chinese paper-cutting art, window flowers, happy characters, paper-cut paintings, etc. highlight the wisdom of the working people, rich visual images and modeling formats, and also contain a broad traditional Chinese culture.
Art is constantly inherited, although the art of paper-cutting is not popular among the young people in our country, but abroad, paper art is rising, a group of young contemporary paper artists, on the basis of traditional paper-cutting, innovation in more forms, but also more modern paper art works, artist from India Path Kotikar is one of the leaders.
A piece of paper, a pair of scissors or a carving knife, plus a pair of flexible hands are all the tools used by Pas Kotikar to create works of art. It is understood that at first, the artist only regarded paper-cutting as a hobby, and he could not stop cutting it, and he began to have a great enthusiasm for paper-cutting, and he felt a little less than a day without taking scissors. Then, Perth Kotikar, who became more and more proficient in paper-cutting, began to make paper-cutting his profession a profession and became a paper-cutting artist.
The themes of Pas Kotikar's paper art cover all aspects, including animals, plants, people, and various exquisite and intricate patterns, and most of his works are monochromatic, that is, the color of paper, which looks like a whimsical illustration, which is very artistic.
As we all know, the first step of a painting is to draw an outline or sketch, and then to depict it partially. The same is true for paper cutting, and even the dependence on the draft is higher, because the painting is wrong and can be repaired and corrected, but once the scissors are cut wrong, there is no way to modify it later, and you can only start from scratch.
The Indian artist's great point is that his paper art does not need to be drafted at all, as Pas Kotikar himself said: "My work is in the heart, and my hands will sculpt according to the instructions issued by my brain". In this way, the artist will only use the knife to carve after he has completely conceived the whole of a pattern.
This is really very cattle, but this confidence also comes from the artist's years of practice, carving knives and hands, probably already close partners. Each of Pas Kotikar's works is stunning with its intricate details, so let's take a look at the exquisite artworks carved by this artist.