вторник, 4 марта 2014 г.

Paper cutting - technique of paper craft

   Paper cutting is a fairly new technique of paper crafts. This is very beautiful and unusual.     The technique of facing is very simple: the prepared template is pasted with a special paper. Templates can be taken different: it can be small blanks in the form of hearts, snowflakes, flowers. But also the technique of facing out of paper makes it possible to perform large multi-colored paintings.

 You can also use paper endings to make various decorative elements. So, you can frame small cross-stitched or smooth paintings in frames decorated with end faces. And to make the frame look very gentle and neat, it can be further decorated by gluing small beads, flowers or beads to it.

      For cutting out of paper, use corrugated paper or napkins. On the one hand, facing from corrugated paper may seem more difficult only because it is more difficult to work with such material. But on the other hand, the end of napkins has its drawbacks. So, sometimes it is very difficult to find plain napkins of different colors, and they are more expensive than corrugated paper.

      To make paintings in the technique of facing, you will need certain materials: paper, cardboard, scissors, glue and a small thin stick. Some people like to make paper ends with a bamboo stick (skewer for barbecue), which has a thin tip at one end, and on the other hand it has a flat blunt part. A thin tip is good to use in order to correct the paper. But the thick tip is good to end the paper. But in addition, you can still end it with a pencil, a needle, the blunt end of a knitting hook, a rod from a pen, etc. Remember, the thicker your Foundation, the rougher your work will look.

     From a sufficiently dense cardboard cut out a form for facing. It is also necessary to take into account that for the basis take cardboard of the same color as the paper for facing. Thus, if you have a cardboard base peeking through the paper, it will not stand out in a different color. If you want to make a two-color figure, for example, a red heart with white wings, cut out two templates from cardboard. The main pattern is a red heart, which is made without wings. But from white cardboard, you should cut out a heart with wings. In this case, the size of the white heart should be slightly smaller than the red one. On top of the white heart, a red blank is glued. And already on a ready-made template, you can make the end of the paper.

      Of course, you can do with one piece of white cardboard, but then the template will have to be pre-painted in the color you want. We proceed similarly with the paintings of big size, the performance of which requires the paper of various colors. Pre-draw the borders of an element on the blank and paint them in the appropriate colors. And only after the paint has completely dried can you start facing the paper.

     How exactly do you perform the end of the paper? To start a crinkled paper or tissue paper cut into squares of small size. The size of the squares will vary depending on the thickness of your end stick. The thicker the stick — the larger the square. Accordingly, the larger the square — the rougher your craft will look.

     Take one square of paper and place it on your finger. Attach a stick to the center of the square (a pencil, a pen rod, or a spoke) and wrap the paper around it. Work carefully to avoid damaging the paper. Spread a small part of the surface with glue and apply your wand with a square of paper wound on the end. When you remove the wand, the paper will remain on the template. If the glued square moves slightly, you can immediately correct it with the other thin end of the bamboo stick. Thus, continue to face until the entire template is covered with paper. The finished product is allowed to dry properly, after which it can be hung on the wall or decorated with other your work.

     Paper cutting is so easy to do that even children can do it. Try it and you will perform several crafts in this technique.


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