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  • Handmade Paper
  • From "DIY Crafts"
    episode DIC-230
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    Here are some samples of Christine Angeli's handmade paper designs.

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    Figure A

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    Figure B

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    Figure C

    Guest Christine Angeli joins Carol Duvall to teach a fashionable technique that allows a pattern, stamp or graphic image to be inlaid in handmade paper during the papermaking process. Normally, if a stamp is applied to finished handmade paper, the ink will bleed, but Angeli's approach prevents this problem. She places the image or stamp directly on white tissue paper, then lays the paper on top of the paper pulp to generate a clean, crisp, permanent result.

    Materials:

    Paper napkins, tissue paper or other papers of your choice
    Scissors
    Any standard papermaking kit (figure A)
    Blender
    Various stamps of your choice
    Permanent fabric ink
    Colored pencils, watercolors or markers

    Note: To lay in a design, cut out images from paper napkins, tissue paper or other lightweight material, and set aside. Be sure all other noncolored layers of napkins are removed.

    OR

    To lay in rubber-stamped images: Using a permanent fabric ink (such as Fabrico), stamp or emboss image onto tissue paper. Allow to dry.

    The following steps are for both methods:

    1. Cut or tear the paper into a blender, add water and mix for 5 to 10 seconds.

    2. Using the kit, form your handmade paper. Obtain more or less texture, as desired. Pour into the kit mold (figure B).

    3. After removing the paper from the mold, immediately lay the napkin image or the stamped image onto the wet paper. Smooth out, and dry as usual. The paper will soak up the tissue paper, leaving only the napkin picture or stamped image (figure C).

    4. After paper has dried, color in stamped image with colored pencils, watercolors or markers.

    Note: Don't dry paper with an iron. This will cause the paper to separate from the napkin. If you have any edges that lift slightly after drying, simply glue down with clear-drying glue.

    Products: Most materials can be found in art and craft stores nationwide.


    RESOURCES :
    300 Papermaking Recipes
    Model: 1564773035
    Author: Mary Reimer

    To order this title from Amazon, click here.


    Paper Crafting Beautiful Boxes, Book Covers and Frames
    Model: 0806999535
    Author: Valeria Ferrari

    Creative Paper Art: Techniques for Transforming the Surface
    Model: 0806994576
    Author: Nancy Welch

    Paper Illuminated: 15 Projects for Making Handcrafted Luminaria
    Model: 1580173306
    Author: Helen Hiebert
    (September, 2001)


    Storey Books / Storey Communications Inc.
    Website: www.storey.com

    Paper Making: How to Create Original Effects with Paper. . .
    Model: 0805038957
    Author: Marion Elliot

    Paper: Hundreds of Stunning Practical Projects in Collage, Decoupage, Papier Mache. . .
    ISBN: 1842152963
    Author: Southwater Publishing
    Order this title from Amazon.com.

    Paper and Fabric Mache: 100 Imaginative and Ingenious Projects to Make
    Model: 080690609X
    Author: Dawn Cusick

    More Paper Sculpture: A Step-by-Step Guide
    Model: 0688153798
    Author: Kathleen Ziegler


    F & W Publications Inc. (North Light and Betterway Books, Story Press, Popular Woodworking Books)
    Website:
    www.fwpublications.com

    Papermaking Kit (Christine Angeli Inc.)


    Christine Angeli Inc.
    Fullerton, CA 92835
    Phone: 714-879-2220
    Fax: 714-525-8588
    Email: craftwithme@home.com
    Website: www.craftwithme.com


    GUESTS :
    Christine Angeli
    PO Box 5275
    Fullerton, CA 92835
    Phone: 714-879-2220
    Email: craftwithme@home.com
    Website: www.craftwithme.com
    Author/Instructor/Designer
    Christine Angeli, Inc.

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