Paper art: master class with step-by-step photos

The technique of paper art is an imitation of other, more expensive techniques - filigree, coinage. She is young enough: she was invented in 2007 by the artist Tatyana Sorokina and since then justified deserved popularity among craftsmen. The technique is the decoration of various items with paper napkins, but it is not at all like decoupage. Different objects are decorated with patterns from twisted napkins - this is the technique of paper-art, a master class of manufacturing such threads is proposed below.

Master class with step-by-step photos of

1. We cut a dense two-layer or three-layer napkin into not wide, but not so thin strips.

2. For a second we lower one end into the water, and scroll between the palms, forming a thread.

3. Such paper threads can decorate a variety of household items: candlesticks, plates, boxes, boxes.

4. The pattern is laid out while the threads are still wet, but if they are dry, always moisten with water. The threads are glued with PVA glue.

These chests can be made in this technique.

Bank coffee, designed with the help of paper art, will turn a banal gift into a work of art. Surely, a gifted person for many more years will pour coffee into this jar.

Wood

Also as a gift, you can present and pictures, decorated in this technique. For example, you can make this steampunk tree.

Materials:

• Dense base, in our case - cardboard.
• Frame.
• Double-layer wipes.
• Unnecessary trifle, parts of mechanisms, gears.
• Glue "Moment" or glue gun, glue PVA.
• Water.
• Paints: black, bronze, gold and silver.
• Brush, sponge.
• Acrylic lacquer.

Detailed MC with photo

1. We fix the base to the frame. To create an invoice, you can wrap cardboard sacking, pasted with crumpled napkins.

2. Make napkins from the napkins. Videos of this process and others on this topic can be found at the end of the article.

3. With these threads lay the tree trunk, gluing them to the base with PVA glue. You can also decorate the frame. Once this part is complete, leave the workpiece to dry.

4. The next stage - decorating. We stick coins and small parts with strong glue. We have a money tree, so there are more coins, they basically form the crown.

5. Next, we paint the panel with black paint, leaving no gaps.

6. Take a sponge with a little bronze paint, apply it lightly to the whole picture or to certain parts of it.

7. Also apply paint and other metallic colors. The main thing is not to get carried away and paint all the black paint.

8. At the end we cover the painting with varnish.

Bottle of champagne

The bottles with different contents designed in the described technique will also become a good gift. Very often this technique is used by newlyweds, making out a bottle of champagne. And you can do it like this:

1. Prepare a bottle for decoration. For this, we paste it with napkins or toilet paper.

2. We prepare from napkins flagella and marbles.

3. We prepare salted dough or plastic for volumetric decor elements. It can be animals, floral elements, etc.

4. We decorate the bottle. Napkins and dough should be moist to fit well to the base. We glue them PVA.Patterns for paper art can be drawn in advance with a pencil, and you can recreate it in the process of work. The work dries up long enough, about 12 hours.

5. After waiting for the final drying, we paint everything with black paint.

6. Next, we paint a metallic paint: gold, silver, bronze. You can use a dry brush or sponge.

These are the very different crafts you can make in this technique. And you can combine it with others to get a completely unique thing.

Decoupage and paper art: the photo shows the difference and similarity of these techniques.

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