Free Japanese paper cutting SVG

Japanese kirigami cherry blossom SVG

Which one? SVG for Cricut and lasers, DXF for the free Silhouette Studio, PNG to print.

Free for personal and commercial use, no sign-up. What you can do with it.

Japanese kirigami cherry blossom, as a solid black shape
Japanese kirigami cherry blossom. The preview is the SVG file itself.

A cherry blossom the way a sheet folded in five gives it: five notched petals, each cut open in two halves with a bar down the middle, round a disc with five teardrops and a hole at the centre. One piece.

What is in the file

Size100 × 97 mm (3.94 × 3.83 in), scales to any size
PiecesOne piece: it holds together when cut
Outlines to cut12: 1 outer edge and 11 cut-outs
Cut length1,174 mm at this size
Narrowest part3.5 mm at this size
Nodes131 curve and line segments
Symmetry5-fold rotation and mirror
Also found asKirigami paper cutting SVG

Measured from the file. PNG: 2,000 × 1,946 pixels, transparent. About the three file types.

Will it cut at your size?

Scaling a design scales its thinnest part too. Here is this one at seven sizes, from 1 to 12 inches on its longer side, with how many copies fit a 12 × 12 inch sheet or mat.

Size, width × heightNarrowest partCut lengthFit on a 12 in sheetRule of thumb
1 × 0.97 in (25 × 25 mm)0.89 mm298 mm100Fine detail: vinyl and paper only, weed with care
2 × 1.94 in (51 × 49 mm)1.8 mm596 mm25Vinyl, card and thin sheet
3 × 2.92 in (76 × 74 mm)2.7 mm895 mm9Vinyl, card and thin sheet
4 × 3.89 in (102 × 99 mm)3.6 mm1,193 mm4Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic
6 × 5.83 in (152 × 148 mm)5.3 mm1,789 mm2Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic
8 × 7.78 in (203 × 198 mm)7.1 mm2,386 mm1Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic
12 × 11.66 in (305 × 296 mm)11 mm3,578 mm1Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic

The narrowest part is the thinnest neck that holds the design together; sharp tips are not counted. For wood and acrylic, keep it at least as wide as the sheet is thick. How to open the file in Cricut, Silhouette and laser software.

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