Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Today we are going to make paste papers, a paper decorating technique that dates from the 1600s. While it could be used to make everything from playing cards to wallpaper, it was most commonly used for bookbinding as endpapers and covers.
Today's papers can be used for traditional book projects. They can also be used as art papers for collage backgrounds, as collage fodder, for cardmaking, and to be bound or glued into a multitude of different journals projects.
Materials
• You will need homemade paste. Wheat paste will work as will wallpaper paste. I am using paste made from cornflour (corn starch). The ratio is 2 parts cornflour to 8 parts water. For added colourfastness add a ½ teaspoon of alum as a mordant. To see a video on how to make, it's here:
youtube.com/watch?v=hguEvBFZDyM&t=81s
• Add colour with acrylic paints. They can be cheap; there is no need to use fine art quality paints here.
• Apply with broad brushes and decorate with a variety of combs, cards, and found objects.
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And be sure and go online to look for examples of paste paper inspiration. Pinterest is a good source.
Today we are going to make paste papers, a paper decorating technique that dates from the 1600s. While it could be used to make everything from playing cards to wallpaper, it was most commonly used for bookbinding as endpapers and covers.
Today's papers can be used for traditional book projects. They can also be used as art papers for collage backgrounds, as collage fodder, for cardmaking, and to be bound or glued into a multitude of different journals projects.
Materials
• You will need homemade paste. Wheat paste will work as will wallpaper paste. I am using paste made from cornflour (corn starch). The ratio is 2 parts cornflour to 8 parts water. For added colourfastness add a ½ teaspoon of alum as a mordant. To see a video on how to make, it's here:
youtube.com/watch?v=hguEvBFZDyM&t=81s
• Add colour with acrylic paints. They can be cheap; there is no need to use fine art quality paints here.
• Apply with broad brushes and decorate with a variety of combs, cards, and found objects.
Please subscribe to my Youtube channel and be sure and turn on the notifications!
And be sure and go online to look for examples of paste paper inspiration. Pinterest is a good source.
