Ripping Paper

The heavy weight papers lands in ribbons of color as it is torn. The rip through it can be felt like a seam being opened. Each rip is as precise as the one before it, causing a cascade of ripples on the ground as they land. Tearing is the act of breaking apart a material by force, without the aid of a cutting tool. A tear in a piece of paper, fabric, or some other similar object may be the result of the intentional effort with one's bare hands, or be accidental. Unlike a cut, which is generally on a straight or patterned line controlled by a tool such as scissors, a tear is generally uneven and, for the most part, unplanned. An exception is a tear along a perforated line, as found on a roll of toilet paperor paper towels, which has been previously partially cut, so the effort of tearing will probably produce a straight line.