Kirigami Handcut Khatam {Tutorial}
I love to work with origami paper as one of my mediums because it comes in so many fun styles and textures, for a relatively inexpensive price.
We used it again today to make this Kirigami Khatam, inspired by our Origami Khatma we made last week.
Kirigami is a variation of origami that includes cutting of the paper. The Japanese word for to cut is kiru and the Japanese word for paper is kami.
Kirigami usually starts with a folded base and cuts are made into the folds that create a design when opened.
The most common form of Kirigami that we all might know are the snowflakes we made as elementary school children. Who knew we were so culturally diverse back then!
A khatam is an eight pointed star used in Islamic architecture, literature and culture.
Supplies
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| Kirigami Khatam Tutorial by A Crafty Arab |
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| Kirigami Khatam Tutorial by A Crafty Arab |
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| Kirigami Khatam Tutorial by A Crafty Arab |
This next step is important and must be followed up with a bone fold to make it nice and crisp. If you look at the photo below, you’ll see that we folded the paper in half again, but in opposite directions. You accomplish this by folding over one side in one direction, then flipping your paper over and folding the other side in the oppose direction.
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| Kirigami Khatam Tutorial by A Crafty Arab |
Cut off the round part of your shape. Now your new shape should look like the tip of an arrow.
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| Kirigami Khatam Tutorial by A Crafty Arab |
Holding the paper very snug so there is no movement, cut out different shapes and designs on the side of your shape.
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| Kirigami Khatam Tutorial by A Crafty Arab |
Open your khatam and add glue all over. Notice we put very little glue. You don’t want to saturate the paper and/or have the glue ooze out of the sides. A little glue goes a long way!
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| Kirigami Khatam Tutorial by A Crafty Arab |
Lay your glue side down on the shiny part of the origami paper and cut around your kirigami khatam shape, leaving a nice border.
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| Kirigami Khatam Tutorial by A Crafty Arab |
Be sure to stop by A Crafty Arab on Pinterest for more fun tutorials that reach about the Arab world.
