6/16/2021 I have always loved 17th C Dutch art, but I had no idea that papercutting was part of it. These articles do not mention the possibility of interactions between the Dutch and Japanese in this period -- a topic I hope a kirigami historian will follow up.
https://daily.jstor.org/joanna-koertens-scissor-cut-works-were-compared-to-michelangelo/ See also the link at end of daily.jstor.org article for open-access article with lots of illustrations of Koertens's work and a portrait of her with scissors in hand.: Paper as power: Carving a niche for the female artist in the work of Joanna Koerten Author(s): Martha Moffitt Peacock Source: Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek (NKJ) / Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art , 2012, Vol. 62, MEANING IN MATERIALS, 1400-1800 / MATERIAAL EN BETEKENIS, 1400-1800 (2012), pp. 238-265 Published by: Brill Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43883877 Peacock notes an anonymous Dutch handbook with instructions for beginning papercutters, that includes something about folding paper: *Konstig en vermaakelljk tyd-verdryf, der Hollandsche jufferen, of onderricht der papiere sny-konst *[Artistic and enjoyable pastime of Dutch young ladies, or instruction in the art of papercutting], (Amsterdam: Johannes ten Hoorn, 1686). Happy cutting! Karen Karen Reeds, [email protected] Princeton Public Library Origami Group Princeton Research Forum, a community of independent scholars: http://www.princetonresearchforum.org/ *** Share the origami of Laura Kruskal! Just published: *Origami Crowns -- A Collection by Laura Kruskal, Queen of Crowns, *ed. Wendy Zeichner and Patsy & David Wang-Iverson, Origami USA, June 15, 2021. https://origamiusa.org/thefold/article/%E2%80%98origami-crowns-collection-laura-kruskal-queen-crowns%E2%80%99 https://origamiusa.org/system/files/thefold/thefold64_Kruskal_Origami_Crowns_0.pdf (My tribute, p. 24.)
