PASTE PAPERS One of the early forms of decorated paper, paste papers were used for both covers and end-papers in books from the late sixteenth century through the eighteenth century in Germany, Italy and France. These papers are gorgeous, and can be made by anyone. Sure, you can buy decorative papers in an art store,…
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Making paste papers is a really fun and messy activity. In this video for North Bennet Street School, Colin Urbina and I discuss the set-up and share a few techniques for making this decorative pap…
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Madeleine Durham’s Paste Papers
I came across this technique over at Art for Small Hands where there is a detailed tutorial for undertaking this as a classroom activity. It’s a traditional technique, which, like marbling, was often used in the 18th and 19th centuries for decorating the endpapers of books. As an activity it’s cheap, easy and a lot of fun, but (be warned) it is potentially very messy! It’s also something that is suitable for all ages, with even the youngest of children able to get ‘hands on’. The paste is prepared in advance using rice and wheat flours, water and small drops of glycerine and washing-up liquid. The mixture is cooked and allowed to cool, and then mixed with tempera paint. The texture is quite important, as it has to be gloopy and stiff enough to retain the marks you make, yet be easy to use with a brush. Once made up, the paint will keep for a few days in the fridge. I mixed up 4 colours into old ice-cream tubs using the quantities given in the tutorial and found that I had more than enough to create lots of papers. I then used a broad 3″ paint brush to quickly apply the paint to the paper. The paper used should not be too absorbent or shiny, and I just used cheap printer paper most of the time. It curls up when it gets wet, but you can iron it flat on the reverse when it’s dry. To decorate I experimented with the following techniques: Drawing into the paint with fingers, sticks and an old credit card. I found that if I used bits of cardboard as tools, they soon went soggy. You need to wipe excess paint away from your tools as you work. One technique I found especially successful was to draw on the prepared paper with my fingers, which gives a soft-edged broad line, and then work on top of this with a stick, which gives a narrower, sharper line. The ‘layered’ effect achieved in this way is almost 3-dimensional in appearance. Printing – anything from using bubble wrap, cling film applied to the paint and swished around a bit, to hand and finger prints can all be used to add texture. Simply putting your hands onto the paint on the paper and swirling them about gives effective results. Textured effects – Using the brush itself to create textured brush marks. If you are old enough to remember 80’s home decorating techniques, all those rusty dry-brush, sponging and rag-rolling skills can come into play here. Combing – a tiler’s grouting tool is excellent for creating beautiful clear stripes, zig-zags and swirls. Using different papers – I tried it out on brown craft paper – it dulls the brightness of the paint a little, but is still quite effective in a more understated kind of way. Layering – Some of my best results I obtained by painting a background colour onto the paper first (sometimes two colours, roughly layered) using acrylic paint which was allowed to fully dry. The paste paint is not that dense, so it will not completely obscure the layer beneath. Use a fairly light colour, with a darker colour on top for the best effects. So having created all these beautifully decorated papers, what can you use them for? The most obvious use is of course as wrapping paper. Alternatively you could use them to back books with, for other craft projects and collages, or even make a set of cards, gift tags, bookmarks or postcards with them. With Christmas approaching, I made some Christmas cards with Christmas tree, Angel and Snowflake motifs. I used the layering technique with coloured underpainting beneath, and then I added a bit of extra sparkle to the motifs by brushing a little clear glitter paint onto them. Finally they were mounted onto blank cards. The designs were created as follows: Christmas Tree – created by finger painting (I added some foliage to one, using a pointed stick) Snowflake – created using a pointed stick. Angel – created using an old credit card, with details scratched out with a pointed stick. All in all, this is an activity which can be made as simple or as sophisticated as you like depending upon the age and enthusiasm of the participants. I now have a whole stack of beautiful paper to use for future projects!
Paste Papers are papers which have been painted with a cooked and colored flour and water mixture. There are many ways to use these papers, but I most often use them as decorative covers for books. This week I had the pleasure of incorporating paste papers into projects with students at Long Trail School in…
I like to make a batch of paste papers from time to time. It is nice to be able to create my own decorative papers. Although I really enjoy marbling and traditional marbled papers are certainly some of the best decorative papers, imo, I also like the more informal look of paste papers. And they are much simpler and quicker than marbling! Just a few from this morning to show. I tend to prefer simple patterns, low contrast. I find that I am much more likely to actually use the papers, if they are subtle, or not too busy. I'm also just not very good at the busy crazy patterns that some people do so well. So I stick with what works for me, although I did experiment a bit. In addition to the ones shown here, I actually did several others that are just basic brush strokes, back and forth, no extra patterning. (There are more photos on my Facebook page.) I used cornstarch paste, mixed with acrylic paint, and I used a 98lb Canson mixed media paper.
As many of you know, Paste Paper is one of my favorite things to create & teach, as it is a process one can get lost in, that connects the artist to a deeper place. P.S. Here's some Student Testimonials from prior workshops: "Susan is delightful!"......."one of the most encouraging and inspiring instructors I've ever had"......"Susan's combination…
Barb Owen invites you to her studio to play with paste, paint, paper, stencils, texturing tools and more. Learn how to finish and create with paste papers.
Hello Stampin' Friends ~ I'm excited to share the cards that we made last night on my Facebook LIVE ... I shared how you can enhance your designer papers using Embossing Paste and the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks. I figured the masks were in the Gingerbread & Peppermint suite for a reason ... so that…
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Paste Paper tutorial
There are already a lot of great paste paper tutorials out there, but I've always wanted to write one. Teaching bookbinding at the University of Utah last semester was a good excuse to finally get my own tutorial put together. (Pictured above: Books bound using paste papers) So without further ado, here you go. Click…
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"Kleisterpapier herstellen - kann doch jedes Kind!" An dieser landläufigen Meinung ist etwas dran. Tatsächlich können Kinder schon bei ihren ersten Versuchen Bewundernswertes erreichen und eine Menge Spaß haben. Hochqualitative Ergebnisse, wie sie für Buchbinderei, Schachtelbau und Kalligrafie gefragt sind, lassen sich ohne Materialkenntnis, handwerkliches Wissen und Geschick, sowie eine gute Portion Übung schwerlich erreichen. Welches Material ist zu bevorzugen? Wo findet sich geeignetes Werkzeug? Welche Rolle spielt die Laufrichtung bei der Buntpapiermacherei? Welche Unterarten von Kleisterpapier gibt es? Welche Techniken eignen sich für den Einstieg? Welche Faktoren entscheiden über das Gelingen eines Kleisterpapiers und wie lassen sich diese gegebenenfalls beeinflussen? Diesen Fragen gingen wir am vergangenen Wochenende im Deggendorfer Handwerksmuseum nach. Die Buntpapier-Manufaktur durfte das Rahmenprogramm der Triennale "Papier Global III" um zwei eintägige Workshops bereichern.
