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Kashmir papier-mâché. 19th-century pen box made of papier-mâché, with paint and gold leaf. Kashmiri papier-mâché is a handicraft of Kashmir that was brought by Muslim saint Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani from Persia in the 14th century to medieval India. It is based primarily on paper pulp, and is a richly decorated, colourful artifact ...
Born in Cuba in the 1930s, the sisters created humorous three-dimensional paintings and sculptures of Old Havana and Florida, using paper mache, wire and acrylic paint. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Haydée immigrated to the United States in 1969 with her daughter, Elizabeth, joining her son Michael in Miami, Florida.
Papier-mâché with the strips method for the creation of a pig Papier-mâché mask created with the pulp method. There are two methods to prepare papier-mâché. The first method makes use of paper strips glued together with adhesive, and the other uses paper pulp obtained by soaking or boiling paper to which glue is then added.
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]
Cartonería or papier-mâché sculptures are a traditional handcraft in Mexico. The papier-mâché works are also called "carton piedra" (rock cardboard) for the rigidness of the final product. [1] These sculptures today are generally made for certain yearly celebrations, especially for the Burning of Judas during Holy Week and various ...
References. Linares family. Appearance. The Linares family in Mexico City are among the best known practitioners of a craft known as “ cartonería ” or the use of papier-mâché to create hard sculptured objects. They have an international reputation for the creation of forms such as skeletons, skulls, Judas figures and fantastical ...
Isabel Bacardit was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1960. She starts her artistic education at the School of Arts of Poblenou, with Miquel Simó as her teacher, then moves on to the Escola d’Arts Aplicades i Oficis Artistics (Llotja) in Barcelona . Starting as an abstract painter, she paints on materials she finds in the street: cardboard, wood ...
Palekh miniature (‹See Tfd› Russian: Палехская миниатюра) is a Russian folk handicraft of a miniature painting, which is done with tempera paints on varnished articles made of papier-mâché (including the creation of small boxes, cigarette cases, and powder cases).