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»Papier-mâché ↓

»How to prepare... ↓

»Simple contemplation... ↓

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Old paper, water and
simple paste are the essential components.”

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Papier-mâché is a robust substance, very simple to fabricate”

• Papier-mâché...

  ”
  To prepare my papier-mâché compound I use old newspaper sheets.
  Cheap, the outcome is a surprisingly flexible matière, a cellulose with multiple, transformative and inventiv abilities.
  Once dry it is particularly strong and resistant in its consistency. ”
   
  

  page top ↑ How to prepare...

• 1. Shred the paper
  

  Cut the sheets.
  Fill water in a bucket, drench the shavings

• 2. Wring out the water
  

  Retrieve the sloppy shavings
  and let liquid drain off

• 3. Add the paste
  

  Now like a dough,
  knead thouroughly the mixture

• 4. Sqeeze to a lump
  

  Let the papier-mâché rest for some minutes,
  before using the compound

• 5. The medium is ready
  

  Best is to work in layers
  with drying periods in between
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• page top ↑ Simple contemplation...

  ”
  Recycled, newspaper sheets could be affiliated with ‘longetivity’... Why?
  Just consider centuries of human´s lifetime embodied on printed newspaper!
  Sheet and Ink are reflecting the patient story of civilisation, being witness of ‘day to day consistency’, and though, reversing in its mean the image of ‘digital modernity’ which artificially inflates the presumption to be paperless but pixel genuine and
  quickly erasable.
  ”
   
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