When everything is possible: do-it-yourself beautiful things using papier-mâché technique

Any handicraft made using the papier-mâché technique with your own hands traditionally evokes enthusiastic sighs and admiring glances. This is truly something wonderful: junk newspapers, toilet paper and glue make amazing crafts of any genre. The homemaster.techinfus.com/en/ editorial team admired the craftsmen's products and offered to try to make a carnival mask, vase, painted plate or toy on their own.

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Get to know the papier-mâché techniques

The masters work on a choice in two techniques, with some variations. These can be either independent techniques or a combination of them.

Layer-by-layer gluing of paper - wrapping

When many pieces of paper of different shapes are glued onto a mold, the process is called waving.

This technique is successfully used in the manufacture of all kinds of masks and dishes.

This is not creating something new, but copying the shape of some product. Sometimes it is not possible to extract the base form, but, basically, the prototypes are real plates, from which the machined layers are easily removed in one piece, or paper, cardboard bases, balloons, which are simply blown off at the right time.

Here's an example of layering paper scraps.

Option two: creative modeling from paper pulp

When the pieces of soggy paper are mixed with the paste, it makes an excellent sculpting mixture. There are many variations of its preparation.There is an excellent recipe when PVA glue slightly diluted with water, a tablespoon of sunflower oil and a couple of tablespoons of corn or potato starch are added to scraps of toilet paper.

It turns out a unique mass, very plastic and obedient

They work with mass, using a base, or without it, if you need to make an object of small size.

Also, this papier-mâché method is good in that it can be used to correct the product of molds, different sticks, a knife, everything that is required to create an accurate image of an idea.

Recommendations that will definitely help you in your work

With the first method of creating papier-mâché figures, rarely anyone has difficulty. Problems can appear when sculpting with paper dough. The most difficult thing is to knead the paste correctly. The plastic mass will tell you how best to work with it. And flaws in dough production significantly reduce the quality of work and the success of the process.

Best Use: Leftovers from cardboard egg trays, old newspapers and toilet paper, and the paper should be of better quality, like Zeva. In this case, the result will be better than using a cheap analogue with all sorts of impurities. The fact is that the mass turns out to be successful when the fibers in the paper are destroyed. Cheap paper, oddly enough, deteriorates worse.

It is better to dissolve paper or cardboard in warm water, so it is permissible to put the bowl on a small fire and heat it a little.

So, let's take a container of warm water. You need to grind into it what you will work with. It is more difficult to grind cardboard, but, in any case, if you need a lot of mass, then even a roll of paper will not be so easy to break finely. The smaller the pieces of paper and cardboard are, the sooner you can start working on your craft.

The material should be completely wet

When the paper is soaked, it is additionally grinded with a mixer or blender. After that, you can add PVA glue and start mixing the mass well. Readiness is determined by consistency, as well as by the fact that the resulting paste ceases to stick to your hands.

If you are acting for the first time and have absolutely no experience, then do not rush to make a bucket of mass right away. It is better to find "your" recipe by trying different ways to create dough in small portions

It is very important to understand that haste does not help here, but even hurts. It doesn't matter whether you choose the first or the second method, in any case you will have to dry the product before applying each layer. Drying with a hairdryer is acceptable.

How many layers there will be is up to the creator of the product, but you shouldn't make their total number less than 4-5.

The final version of the product is dried for about 24 hours, but it is better not to rush here either, leaving the craft to dry for up to three days.

Once the figure is ready, it needs to be covered with solid paint. After it dries, you can already decorate the product with decoupage, painting, craquelure, patina, and at the end cover it with finishing varnish

Workshops and tips: making different papier-mâché products for interior decoration

Our hands are not for boredom: how to create something beautiful for your interior? We arm ourselves with knowledge, choose a product and start creating!

A decorative plate will always find a place in the house

First, we will prepare what we need in the creative process, namely, a real plate of the desired shape, several newspaper sheets, a brush, PVA, a bowl of water, acrylic paints or gouache, scissors and transparent varnish for finishing.

Let's get down to the process.

1. We tear newspapers into pieces about 1-3 cm in size.
2. We place the base upside down.
3. Cover the plate with pieces of paper dipped in plain water. They must be exactly wet. We make sure that the coating goes beyond the base. Do not worry, the excess will be removed later.
4. After that, thickly coat everything with glue and continue to apply pieces, also dipped in water. Do not forget to let the layers dry out a bit.After two layers of glue, you can apply another layer of plain paper dipped in a bowl of water. We dry and continue to smear with glue and apply scraps. A total of 9-10 coats should be applied. Now we leave the plate to dry completely. This can take 1-3 days.
5. Remove and remove the base.
6. We cover the craft with a good base paint. No newspaper print should be visible!
7. Now you can paint the plate as you like, and then varnish it.

Let's admire the beautiful papier-mâché plates:

Vase for artificial flowers or for decoration

Making a vase is actually not that easy, but with the help of a detailed master class, the art of papier-mâché will be up to you!

Illustration	Action Description
	Inflate the balloon and take any plastic jar. Its edges at the neck should be wide. We spread them thickly with glue.
	We put a ball on the sticky edge. We leave it to glue for a while.
	We begin to apply scraps of newspapers in layers: we work in the first papier-mâché method.
	We apply several layers, coating each of them with PVA.
	Now we cut out the bottom from thick cardboard, on which our vase will stand. You can cut two at once and stick them on top of each other. This will make the vase taller and more solid. The edges of the cardboard should be cleaned with sandpaper.
	Remove the vase from the jar and glue the bottom from the opposite end. It now stands on its own foundation.
	Cut out a strip of ordinary cardboard.
	We twist this strip to fit the size of our neck.
	Glue the neck with strips of newspaper to the body of the vase. We glue it on from all sides.
	While the neck and bottom are drying, we will prepare the paste using the second version of the papier-mâché technique. It must be applied with a palette knife or a small spatula, smoothing over the body. Option: instead of paper pulp, you can take a good finishing putty.
	To make the vase smooth and round, you need to work with fine-grained sandpaper.
	Now we start decorating the craft.
	The finished vase turns out to be very beautiful!

Three-dimensional painting: a unique product for wall decoration

To create a three-dimensional picture, the following materials and tools are needed: brushes for drawing and working with glue, scissors, watercolor paper, cardboard for the base, drawing base, paints, paper napkins, PVA glue.

The work is quite time consuming, therefore it will take a lot of attention and time.

1. We glue watercolor paper on the cardboard base.
2. You need to sketch the future art on paper. Those who do not have drawing skills will have to reduce the drawing through carbon paper.
3. Let's start painting the background with paints. Those who know how to work with watercolor can use it, and those who are not particularly familiar with this technique can paint the background with gouache.
4. Soak pieces of napkins in a bowl with glue. They lay out those objects that are shown in the picture. We help to form the desired with a brush and improvised tools.
5. You can tear off the pieces and immediately put them in place, or take more mass and shape the object in place. It is preferable to act slowly, working with small pieces. This will keep the background intact and beautiful.
6. It is important to wait until the craft is completely dry, then paint all the details.

Here are some beautiful pictures you can create with your own hands:

How to make a papier-mâché mask with your own hands: preparing for the carnival or decorating the interior

Whatever mask you want to make, the work is carried out according to the same principle. The difference is in the decoration and shape of the product.

The carnival mask can be used as intended without fear: it will not break

You can make a mask of any subject

The mask needs a base.It can be made of plasticine, you can take an old plastic fancy dress, a wooden log, which should also be glued over with plasticine to create an African mask, a plaster blank. You should not take your own face as a basis, this is associated with inconveniences, and this is not good for health.

In addition to the base, you need scissors, gouache, white or black paint for priming, newspaper or napkins, water, a bowl, and a brush. If you want to make a carnival mask, you will need openwork lace, feathers, beads for decoration.

The actions are as follows:

1. We cut or pluck pieces of newspaper 1-2 cm each, tear the napkin into strips.
2. With the first layer on the base, we spread simply pieces of newspaper soaked in water, and the remaining layers are pre-coated with PVA and let them dry. For strength and elegance of the mask, it is better to alternate layers of newspaper and napkins.
3. A completely dried mask is removed from the base, primed and painted. Any decor is applied with hot glue or supermoment.

Excess can be easily cut off with scissors, eye holes are also easy to cut.

You can decorate the mask in any way, you get a real masterpiece

Tips and tricks for making funny papier-mâché animals

The papier-mâché technique opens up wide horizons for creativity. You can make wonderful animals as a gift or as a designer craft for your home.

Let's see how you can make a funny cat.

Illustration	Action Description
	Prepare pasta according to option 2. Take a base in the form of an inflated ball and a piece of mass. Pour some starch on the table (not flour!). Dipping the mass in starch, we begin to roll it out with a rolling pin to a thin state.
	We glue the ball with a mass, smoothing the joints of the "pancakes".
	From foil, by rolling on the table, we form dense, even elements for the face, nose, eyes, ears.
	Here's what you should get.
	We glue the elements with hot glue on completely dried papier-mâché.
	We glue rolled out small pancakes on all elements.
	We are waiting for complete drying and begin to paint the handsome cat.

This is what the author's master class looks like:

Video: recipe for the ideal mass for papier-mâché

Examples and ideas: getting inspiration

Here are some interesting DIY solutions:

Share your papier-mâché finds and masterpieces! Let's make our world more beautiful!

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