Paste paper

Barb Owen introduces you to Paste Paper - a fabulous marriage of paste & paint. Learn how to make your beautifully patterned papers without breaking a sweat.

There are already a lot of great paste paper tutorials out there, but I’ve always wanted to write one. Teaching bookbinding at the University of Utah last semester was a good excuse to finall…

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Paste Papers are papers which have been painted with a cooked and colored flour and water mixture. There are many ways to use these papers, but I most often use them as decorative covers for books.…

Paste Papers of the Pioneer Valley, a handsomely designed and printed little volume, is a history of fine printing and binding in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, with special focus on decorated and paste papers and nineteen printers. Illustrated with full-page reproductions of nineteen paste papers with short biographies of their makers—”many of whom are the unsung hero-binders of books from fine press publishers such as Gehenna Press, Pennyroyal Press, Cheloniid

This is an introduction to making paste paper. So why would you want to make paste paper? I use this paper as book covers and to cover small boxes. Here are the basics.You can make it on simple copier paper all the way up to large sheets . I have always used sketch paper because of the size (18 X 24) and its flexibility. Paste Recipe (for Paste Paper) 3T white rice flour 4 T unbleached flour 3 cups cold water 1/2 t glycerin 1 t Dawn or Dr. Bronners green soap Whisk rice and wheat flour in a…

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10 Tips for Acrylic Painting features techniques for mixing colors, creating backgrounds and splatter effects, and making decorative paste paper.

Though I don’t make paste paper all the time, when I do it is a big, messy, blissful event. So let’s share the bliss. Here’s how to make it: Supplies Paper Don’t use printer…

Paste Papers are papers which have been painted with a cooked and colored flour and water mixture. There are many ways to use these papers, but I most often use them as decorative covers for books.…

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As many of you know, Paste Paper is one of my favorite things to create & teach, as it is a process one can get lost in, that connects the artist to a deeper place. P.S. Here’s some Stude…

My super-simple method of making these popular papers.

Learn how to create beautiful Paste Paper. Barb shows you how she uses stencils, Art Paste, acrylic paint and texture tools to make stunning stash papers.

Made with one of my new favorite paste painting toys--a big rubber oval dog brush with concentric rows of teeth.

I had a very fun play day with some friends several weeks ago where we made paste papers . We used the recipe for cornstarch paste from...

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