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2. Papier-mâché - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. Cartonería - Wikipedia

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   Cartonería workshop at the Museo de Arte Popular, Mexico City making alebrijes. 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]

4. Kashmir papier-mâché - Wikipedia

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   The skilled artisans involved with this painstaking process are called Paper Mache makers. The materials involved with this process are discarded paper, cloth, straw of rice plant, which are mixed and made into a pulp. [7] The paper, after immersing in water for 4–5 weeks, is taken out and made into a pulp and dried.

5. Taka (paper mache) - Wikipedia

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   Common and traditional subjects of taka include the manok, kabayo, kalabaw, dalaga (chicken, horse, carabao, maiden) which is made primarily for local use. Due to exposure and migration of Paete residents to Manila and abroad, European-influenced papier-mâché toys began to be made for export to other countries, such as Germany.

6. Festival ends with burning of giant papier mache sculptures - AOL

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   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.

7. Handcrafts and folk art in Mexico City - Wikipedia

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   Mexico City has a long tradition of making objects from a hard kind of paper mache called cartonería, generally for the various festival and celebrations of the year. [8] It is a major industry, with various families and individuals noted for this work, [ 1 ] including the Linares family and Susana Buyo, nicknamed “Señora de los Monstruos ...