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南海区2024届高三摸底测试
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Few women would consider a pair of scissors to be daily essential that they need to have in their purses.But
for Shi Qinling.who is currently working at the Fenglin community cultural center in Shanghai,this tool has been
with her everywhere she goes for the past decade-not as a means of self-protection but artistic expression.
"Paper-cutting is not about cutting random patters from paper.Writers tell stories using words.I do the same.
but with a pair of scissors,"Shi said.
Shi developed an interest in craft (when she was a child.This interest later developed into a passion,one
that she decided to pursue by majoring in arts and crafts design during her time in university.After graduation,
however,she found herself working at a ship design company as she was unsure about what she wanted to do with
her future.About a year later,the Shanghai Arts and Crafts Research Institute offered her a position in their
paper-cutting department.Realizing that she still had a love for the craft,she made the career switch.
In 2010,Shi started learning paper-cutting from Xi Xiaoqin,a paper-cutting expert.Three years later,one of
her works,The Fighting Fish,won third place at the
Baihua Cup,a competition for Chinese arts and crafts.Over the past decade,Shi's works have been exhibited
in 23 exhibitions
Although Shi is already so skilled in the craft that she can create an animal pattern in 10 minutes without even
having to draw the outlines,she continues to improve her skills every day.The reason is that she views
paper-cutting as not just an art form.but also a form of learning about traditional Chinese culture.She thinks she
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