(ii) Scratching

Let's try to damage the surface of paper using a knife with a sharp edge and other blunt weapons. Because paper is used for drawing, we may hesitate to damage the beautiful surface. However, all the more, the wounds of the paper which has hangnails exhibit visually strong effects.

(iii) Tearing

The shapes of paper which are cut with a knife are surrounded by sharp and hard edges. They are felt crisp. There are many methods of cutting paper. When tools such as a knife are not used, we tear or break paper. The latter is more suitable to create accidental patterns. If possible, let's try to tear paper by hand. Shapes rich in movement can be created because the line of the crack is not straight and shows indentation. In the case of using Japanese paper, slender fibers appear, and an emotional feeling is sometimes generated.
 
 

636   638   637   639   Figure 636: Scratching black-painted Kent paper by a knife. Figure 637: Scratching black-painted Kent paper by a screw driwer. Figure 638: Putting pieces of the Japanese paper treated by hand on the black paper. Figure 639: Illustration made by tearing Kent paper (part).

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