CONTEMPORARY PAPER MACHE

 

 

MATERIALS YOU NEED:

1. Shredded pieces of old newspaper or packaging trays of eggs / fruits made by recycled paper pulp.
2. Binder : Kharia Mitti Powder, or Fuller Earth (Multani Mitti) Powder, or Fenugreek seed paste.
3. Poster color / acrylic colours
4. Paint brush
5. Varnish / lacquer
6. Muslin cloth to cover the mould.

From Left To Right: Kharia , Paper Pulp mixed with Kharia, Fenugreek Seed, Multani Mitti

HOW TO MAKE:

• Make small pieces of paper pulp egg tray or fruit tray and soak the pieces in hot water for one hour then mash it with hands to make paper pulp. Drain the excess water.
• While, using shredded pieces of old newspaper, allow it to be soaked for 3 days to make a soft slurry & drain the excess water after grinding the mix to get a smooth paper pulp.
• Mix paper pulp and Kharia Mitti Power in equal ratio by weight, or Mix paper pulp with half weight of Multani Mitti paste, or Mix paper pulp with 1/4th of Fenugreek seed paste.
• Paper machie dough is ready to play with & do wonders.
• If using a mould, cover the same with muslin before actually spreading the paper machine on it. The muslin will be helpful to take out the mould upon drying by stretching the fabric.
• One can do wonders to the earthy texture of paper machine by using poster colors, acrylic colors & can do touch-up for the extra sheen using lacquer.

MARBLE PAINTING

Marbling works on the basis that oil and water don’t mix. A shallow tray or tub is filled with water and various kinds of paint colours are carefully splattered onto the surface of water. Various additives or surfactant chemicals are used to help float the colours.

MATERIALS YOU NEED:

• Card paper, sketch paper, handmade paper
• Oil colours and Linseed oil / Enamel paints and Turpentine
• Shallow tray or tub
• Containers to mix colour
• Paint brush
• Water colours
• Toothpicks and Straws
• Newspaper and Pegs

HOW TO MAKE:

1. Oil colour is mix with linseed oil to make it thin enough that it won’t sink in the bottom of the tub when dropped in and thick enough so it doesn’t spread too quickly across the paste surface.
2. Drop blobs of thinned paint onto the water in the tub.
3. Swirl them around with a toothpick and try different patterns. 
4. A sheet of paper is then carefully laid onto the water surface to capture the floating pattern.
5. Lift it off before it gets soggy, it will lift your paint pattern with it.
6. Then, lay it aside to dry or peg it on a string line somewhere.
7. You can get different effect by using different tools, swirling the colours and by using various colours one after the other.
8. For creating any other blank shape in the painting , cut out that shape of paper , place it on the plain water of tub and spread the colours onto water surface without colouring the white shape of paper and take out the marble pattern on the sheet of paper as described earlier.
9. To create the sky or water effect apply water colour with brush or enhance the scene of the painting as you wish. 
10. Marbled papers can be used for cards, gift tag, bookmark, to notebook cover etc. 3D objects like eggshells, candles or jars can be decorated by marbling.