Folk Art Holiday Tree of Life Cutout Bouquet or they can be cut

or they can be cut from one sheet of paper

Inspiration for the imaginative and charming folk art animals comes from embroideries made by the Otomí women of San Pablito

The openings evolved into more refined designs that were transferred to paper which allowed for more embellishment

Cut paper (“Wycincanki”)

Folk Art Holiday Tree of Life Cutout Bouquet or they can be cutInspiration for this Folk Art Holiday Tree of Life comes from the paper cutouts collected by Bureau of Indian Affairs teacher Mable Morrow during her work with the Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe of South Dakota (1923 1937), and housed at the Museum of International Folk Art. Pictured alongside the Tree are examples of two paper cuts in the museum's collection. The Native Americans of New England and the upper Midwest were making cutout silhouettes from