Paper art - where to start

A person who is not familiar with needlework may be surprised, but new directions of creativity are invented in the world every year. One of these recent innovations is a technique for decorating objects called "paper art". With its help, you can turn completely ordinary things into real objects of art.

What is paper art

The literal translation of this concept means "paper art". This type of handicraft was invented relatively recently. Some ten years ago it did not exist, but now its fans live all over the world.

The author of this technique for decorating objects was Tatyana Sorokina, a designer living in Nikolaev. She got bored with quilling and decoupage and came up with a new way to use paper.

With the help of pei desks, you can imitate a variety of textures and create objects of art that imitate more complex and expensive techniques - wood carving, chasing, metal-plastic or embroidery. As a result, things are obtained that combine the artistic embodiment of the master's intention and the practical use of the thing being decorated. Pape art is simple to perform; almost anyone, including a child, can do it.

How to start learning paper art

First you need to understand what this type of needlework is and what is its main difference from other popular techniques. In paper art, elastic paper threads become the main material, with the help of which a volumetric image is created on the surface of the decorated object. Further, with the help of other available means and artistic materials, the final image of the object is created.

People familiar with such types of creativity as quilling, decoupage or scrapbooking will be sure that they are all somewhat similar. In fact, this is absolutely true - in all these types of creativity, paper is used as the main tool of work. The difference between them is in technique and techniques. The result is completely different results.

For example, for quilling, thin paper strips are used, dyed on both sides. It can be of different density. The strips of paper are wound onto special devices and create volumetric forms, from which the pattern is then laid out.

Paper art does not impose restrictions on forms, there are no basic elements for creating an image. In addition, paper of a lower density is needed for paper art, namely, two or three-layer paper napkins.

In the old form of needlework called " decoupage»Images, pre-cut from napkins, are used, which are transferred to the surface to be decorated and imitated by hand painting with their help.

In paper art, the main emphasis is on the formation of texture and volume. Common to these artistic directions is the material of creativity - thin paper napkins, as well as the fact that decoupage and paper art imitate other types of creativity.

What do you need for paper art

To create works using the paper art technique, first of all, you need to stock up on paper napkins. These can be either special multi-layered napkins for decoupage, or completely ordinary kitchen napkins, white or colored.

In addition, you will need:

• Water.
• Glue, best of all PVA.
• Spray paint.
• Clear nail polish.

The main preparatory work is to make paper threads from napkins. To do this, they are cut into strips, moistened in water and twisted into flagella by hand. They can be made in different thicknesses and structures. It is not necessary to achieve a perfectly even thickness; any source material will come in handy in this matter. You also need to prepare the surface to be decorated. It is first thoroughly cleaned, and then pasted over with PVA glue with pieces of the same paper napkins.

After that, various images are laid out from the prepared flagella on the decorated object, fixing them with the same PVA glue. Previously, you can apply a simple pencil contour of the image. Then the surface is painted over with paints and the result is fixed with a transparent varnish.

To create an image, not only paper strips can be used, but also other objects - shells, polymer clay, buttons, beads. Flagella can be twisted not only from napkins, but also from paper towels or cosmetic napkins.