My Paper Mâché Recipe
In my studio we make paper-mâché pulp by using shredded office waste paper and used egg cartons, combined with liquid antibacterial soap (for home use), hot water, and white craft glue. Any paper can be used to make paper-mâché, but it is best not to use newspapers because the printed ink tends to run and leave black stains on the paper pulp.
Greetings for a new year and a new website!
Every year we experience the hot summer days, and it’s hard to imagine that one day it will be over and we’ll wake up to a cool and caressing autumn breeze.
Crazy About Recycling
Recycling has become an integral part of our daily lives. The need and duty to recycle waste, water, energy, and resources encourages us to get creative in order to successfully cope with these great challenges.
About paper Mache
All over the world, wherever humankind has made paper and paper-mâché, they used fibers and glue that were commonplace in their natural environment. In ancient Egypt they made paper from papyrus (reeds), in Japan they used the mulberry tree and rice fibers, and in Europe they cotton rags. Natural starches made from rice, wheat, cassava, or hibiscus were used to make glue, adding salts and even toxins to repel insects.
