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Your Quick Guide To Learn The Art Of Paper Craft
Wise people say, there are two types of toys in the world. The toys that set the child to think and the toys that set the parents to think!
Making a paper toy is just like solving a maths problem. Not a difficult problem, not an easy problem, but mathematics does not condone a mistake. […]
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Wet-folding
Wet-folding is an origami technique developed by Akira Yoshizawa that employs water to dampen the paper so that it can be manipulated more easily. This process adds an element of sculpture to origami, which is otherwise purely geometric. Wet-folding is used very often by professional folders for non-geometric origami, such as animals. Wet-folders usually […]
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Tamatebako
The Tamatebako ( Tamatebako) is an Origami model featured in a Japanese folk tale. It is a modular cube design that can be opened from any side. If the more than one face of the model is opened, the cube falls apart and cannot easily be reconstructed. The model, and the directions for creating […]
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Silhouette
A silhouette is a view of an object or scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior. The term comes from Etienne de Silhouette, a finance minister of Louis XV who in 1759 imposed such harsh economic demands upon the French people that his name became synonymous with anything done or made cheaply.
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Scrapbooking
Scrapbooking is a method for preserving a legacy of written history in the form of photographs, printed media, and memorabilia contained in decorated albums, or scrapbooks. Historically, scrapbooking was a tradition similar to storytelling, but with a visual and tactile, rather than oral, focus.
History and overview
Scrapbooking with photographs has been around since photos became […]
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Scherenschnitte
Scherenschnitte (shear-n-SNIT- a) which means “scissor cuts” in German is the art of cutting continuous paper designs. The art work often has symmetry within the design. The art tradition was founded in Switzerland and Germany in the 1500s and was brought to Colonial America in the 1700s by immigrants who settled primarily in Pennsylvania.
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Russian lacquer art
Russian lacquer art developed from the art of icon painting which came to an end with the collapse of Imperial Russia. The icon painters, who previously had been employed by supplying not only churches but people’s homes, needed a way to make a living. Thus, the craft of making papier-mâché decorative boxes and panels […]
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Rubber stamp
Rubber stamping, also called stamping, is a craft in which some type of ink made of dye or pigment is applied to an image or pattern that has been carved, molded, laser engraved or vulcanized, onto a sheet of rubber. The rubber is often mounted onto a more stable object such as a wood […]
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Quilling
Quilling History
Quilling or Paper Filigree is an art form that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs. It is believed the art has been practiced since ancient Egyptian and/or 4th Century Grecian times. It is believed that they used thin metal wires and […]
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Pureland origami
Pureland origami is a style of origami invented by the British paperfolder John Smith which is limited to using only mountain and valley folds. The aim of Pureland Origami is to make origami easier for inexperienced folders and those who have impaired motor skills. This means that many of the more complicated processes that […]
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