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Polish ‘wycinanki’ are the beautiful paper cut-outs that can be found in shops and museums all over the world. Our step-by-step guide to their construction will help you make these colourful creations ...

Susan Urban practices the Polish art of wycinanki (paper cut design). She also makes cut paper dolls wearing costumes from different regions of Poland. Generations of West Springfield school children ...

CHICOPEE -Imagine using a pair of sheep shears - meant to cut thick wool from an animal - to cut intricate paper designs. That is the Polish art of paper cutting known as wycinanki. Though some ...

Have you ever cut out paper snowflakes? You probably didn't use a big, clunky pair of sheep shears to do it, did you? Historically, the people of Poland have cut wycinanki (pronounced vee-chee-NAN-kee ...

Sam Wróbel has gone from a kid in Chicago cutting paper to an adult in southwest Louisiana cutting paper — professionally. Wróbel, whose last name is Polish for sparrow, studied art in college and ...

Exhilarated by Polish folk art, the artist Clive Hicks-Jenkins talks with translator Anna Zaranko to reveal the sources and approaches that bring his theatrical cornucopia of methods to life. Born in ...

WESTFIELD — ArtWorks Westfield’s Articulture show will take place this weekend at Amelia Park Arena and will feature 75 New England artists and authors. Among the artists participating is Chicopee’s ...