Swiss paper cutting artist takes the scissors to old ways

Dubuis stares intently through a magnifying glass, using a slim cutter to make tiny incisions in the paper below, as she carves out delicate tableaux of life and human emotions. Photo: AFP

Marianne Dubuis stared intently through a magnifying glass, using a slim cutter to make tiny incisions in paper as she carved out delicate tableaux of life and human emotions.

The 64-year-old designer is reinventing the Swiss traditional art of paper cutting, which typically shows Alpine landscapes and cows heading to mountain pastures, by infusing a large dose of poetry and modernity.