The Kirigami Slits path effect applied to a sample shape
Paper craft

Kirigami Slits

Staggered rows of short cuts that let a sheet stretch open into a lattice, the uncut margin keeping every row joined to its neighbours.

FamilyPaper craft
Parameters4 adjustable
On canvas handlesno, adjust it in the panel
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 4 controls

Nothing here is baked in. Every value stays live on the object for as long as the file exists, so you can come back and retune it, reorder it against other effects, or take it off and get your original path back exactly as you drew it.

  1. Rows1 to 40, default 9
  2. Slit length2 to 600, default 60
  3. Stagger0 to 100, default 50
  4. Uncut margin0 to 200, default 7

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