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Mardi Gras papier-mâché masks, Haiti. Papier-mâché (UK: / ˌ p æ p i eɪ ˈ m æ ʃ eɪ / PAP-ee-ay MASH-ay, US: / ˌ p eɪ p ər m ə ˈ ʃ eɪ / PAY-pər mə-SHAY, French: [papje mɑʃe] - the French term "mâché" here means "crushed and ground" [1]) is a versatile craft technique with roots in ancient China, in which waste paper is shredded and mixed with water and a binder to produce ...
[1] [3] The paper and cardboard used is mostly waste paper, such as old newspapers and boxes, with decorative elements, such as crepe paper being new. [2] [5] Most shapes are created with molds, then painted with acrylics. [5] Most of the production since colonial times has followed the annual calendar of religious and civic events.
With new technologies and manufacturing techniques, the art of paper papier-mâché is slowly dying. [12] The economic viability of the art, has taken a hit due to machine carving and artisans preferring other jobs. [13] The art and its products most cater to the premier luxury sector with the price range on the upper side. [14]
The Spanish city of Valencia's five day festival known as Las Fallas ended at midnight on Sunday, March 19th with a ceremony in which nearly 380 papier mache sculptures were set alight.
The village of Fedoskino (Федоскино), located not far from Moscow on the banks of the Ucha River, is the oldest of the four art centers of Russian lacquer miniature painting on papier-mâché, which has been practiced there since 1795.
[2] [8] The Linares family continue to export their work to the most important galleries showing Mexican art worldwide. [9] One example was called "Beasts and Bones: The Cartonería of the Linares Family" was displayed in Carlsbad, California. The show featured about seventy alebrijes and was so popular that it was extended by several weeks. [11]
Angelico Jimenez, son of Manuel, in the family workshop. Jiménez Ramírez is credited with creating the Oaxacan version of “alebrijes.” [2] [4] The original craft was created and promoted by the Linares family in Mexico City, making fantastic creatures of “cartonería” (a hard paper mache) and painting them in bright colors. [2]
It worked to create innovation in the dolls, creating images from mass media, the circus, harlequins, and animal/human figures. The dolls were painted in acrylics and decorated with items such as clothing, beads, feathers, ribbons and more. The main goal of the project was to see the dolls not as anonymous handcrafts but rather as works of art.