1. the Japanese art of cutting and folding paper to create decorative designs

Examples

• The children learned kirigami in art class, creating beautiful snowflake patterns.
• Unlike origami, kirigami allows the use of scissors to cut the paper.
• She displayed her kirigami creations on the classroom bulletin board.
• The kirigami workshop taught participants how to make intricate paper flowers.
• His kirigami butterfly had delicate cut-out wings that seemed to flutter.
• The book contained step-by-step instructions for various kirigami projects.