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Decoupage or découpage ( / ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ /; [ 1] French: [dekupaʒ]) is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cutouts onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf, and other decorative elements. Commonly, an object like a small box or an item of furniture is covered by cutouts from magazines or from ...
Collage. Collage ( / kəˈlɑːʒ /, from the French: coller, "to glue" or "to stick together"; [ 1]) is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. (Compare with pastiche, which is a "pasting" together.)
Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs ( lit. 'Decorative Arts' ), [ 1] is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just before World War I ), [ 2] and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s. Through styling and design of the exterior and ...
Fiber art. Detail of design for Bluebell or Columbine printed art fabric, 1876, by William Morris. Fiber art ( fibre art in British spelling) refers to fine art whose material consists of natural or synthetic fiber and other components, such as fabric or yarn. It focuses on the materials and on the manual labor on the part of the artist as part ...
Wolf Vostell (1932–1998), known for his use of concrete in his work. In his environments video installations and paintings he used television sets and concrete as well as telephones real cars and pieces of cars. Gordon Wagner (1915–1987), was a pioneer in American assemblage art, who was known for his bazaar art, painting, poetry and writing.
The study of the history of clothing and textiles traces the development, use, and availability of clothing and textiles over human history. Clothing and textiles reflect the materials and technologies available in different civilizations at different times. The variety and distribution of clothing and textiles within a society reveal social ...
African wax prints, Dutch wax prints[ 1][ 2] or Ankara, [ 3] are a type of common material for clothing in West Africa and Central Africa. They were introduced to West and Central Africans by Dutch merchants during the 19th century, who took inspiration from native Indonesian designs. [ 4] They began to adapt their designs and colours to suit ...
A coating is a covering that is applied to the surface of an object, or substrate. [ 1] The purpose of applying the coating may be decorative, functional, or both. [ 2] Coatings may be applied as liquids, gases or solids e.g. powder coatings . Paints and lacquers are coatings that mostly have dual uses, which are protecting the substrate and ...