Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. The versatility of paper is well-known in sustainability ...

A spectacular exhibit of Chinese paper cutting, both traditional and a form called “Neo Realism,” is on display in the second floor lounge area of William & Mary’s Sadler Center until Nov. 18. Brought ...

Polytechnique Montréal engineers designed parachutes based on kirigami—cutting paper into intricate patterns—that can automatically adapt in mid-air. The design has the potential to make air ...

The arms on this guy look like they could rip apart phone books. Instead, they power his thick fingers into making thousands of teeny cuts in paper. What’s up with that? Tom Sacco is Everett’s version ...

Alum and paper-cutting artist Bianca Levan begins with a sketch, laying out the main structures and composition of the piece, showing the negative space that she will cut away. (Courtesy) Bianca Levan ...

An artist is only limited by their imagination and the borders of their canvas – so what happens when you take one of those constraints away? That’s essentially what happened when Erik Ruin was handed ...

Borrowing from the Japanese paper-cutting art of kirigami, researchers have made specially cut tape that is 10 times as sticky as uncut tape but is also easy to pull free and reuse (ACS Appl. Mater.

Paper cutting is an art form that possibly dates back to the invention of paper itself in China around 2,000 years ago. Since then, many cultures have developed their own unique styles. Special ...

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Inspired by kirigami, the Japanese art of folding and cutting paper, engineers have designed a new type of stent that could be used to deliver drugs to the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, ...

Courses on Inner Mongolian paper-cutting were introduced in Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, aimed at popularizing and promoting the art of paper-cutting, according to Baotou Evening News.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of engineers in Montréal has reinvented the parachute using kirigami, the ancient art of paper cutting. (CREDIT: Frédérick ...