Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Papercutting Craft

Lorraine Bubar

Throughout Spring 2025, Elyze Cliford Interpretive Center hosted a series of workshops with papercut artist Lorraine Bubar in celebration of the Lunar New Year and her artist residency. Lorraine Bubar, whose intricate papercuts are inspired by nature and the tradition of papercutting found in cultures around the world, shared her techniques and artistic process with the community.

Workshops included an introduction to papercutting to celebrate the Year of the Wood Snake, a “Knowing Notan” workshop exploring the balance of light and dark in design, and a final “Pop Up Preserve” session encouraging participants to capture the wildlife and plants of the Prime Desert Woodland Preserve through pop-up paper techniques.

Participants learned hands-on skills while gaining insight into Lorraine’s creative inspirations and the role of papercutting in cultural and environmental storytelling.

Workshop 1

Workshop 2

Workshop 3