“Amusement Profile of Floating World” is the main theme in this research of art creation. The phenomena of modern society were explored and presented on printmaking. This dissertation will not only focus on modern popular culture but also reflect on the life of myself. In addition, the concept of ‘Amusement of Floating World’ was adopted in this research to symbolize the connection of modern culture with regard to the era and the popular culture. There are a variety of popular topics under societal transition that was researched through the observation of people’s daily life and consumption. In other words, the difference between the past and current era was emphasized by means of contemporary perception. The category of fashion was seen as a significant component in this research. Moreover, in order to present the pop culture in the current era a series of artworks were created. By means of collecting various illustrations from public communications such as media, newspapers and magazines, the relationship between the experience and image of people was developed on paper cutting and printmaking.

There are five chapters in the discourse. The points are summarized as follows：

Chapter I：Introduction describes the motivation and purpose of the research, the scope of the research, research methods, the chart of creation research, and terms interpretation.

Chapter II：The main theoretical basis is related to the Pop Art, Ukiyo-e and the artworks of Andy Warhol, Kitagawa Utamaro, and Torii Kiyonaga. The works of contemporary paper cutting artists e.g. Li Huan Zhang, Chen Yan Ting, Rob Ryan, Beatrice Coron, Kara Walker, and Zoe Bradley bring about this research and creation. The main theoretical basis is the sociology of popular culture, iconology, the semiotic of Roland Barthes and psychology of Carl Jung.

Chapter III：The practice of creation and the concept of creation -- the creation concept is present pop culture and amusement profile of floating world. The content of creation is performed by the personal life, fashion culture and amusement profile; the form of creation is detailed by shape, composition and color.

Chapter IV：Creative works have been divided into four series that are "Pop Culture"," Profile of Floating World ", "Super Models", and "Paradise".

Chapter V：Conclusion -- to review the effect of the creation and purpose, It can be seen the integration of sense in the creation process and expectations of self-creation.

Keywords: floating world, pop, silhouette, paper cutting