ANTIQUE PAPERS
Incredients:
Heavy paper (handmade or cartridge quality)
Rabbit Skin Glue (obtainable at most art supply shops)
Wax
Paint or dye
Shellac - weak, mix with metho
Boot Polish - black or brown
Step 1:
Dissolve little rabbit glue (1 tab) in jar of water in double boiler (soak beforehand for easier dissolving)
Paint paper both sides. Let dry.
Step 2:
Melt wax and paint dry paper in random patterns, both sides
Step 3:
Paint paper with dye or paint in a thin solution all over. Use colours. Let dry
Step 4:
Apply weak shellac solution and let dry. (Shellac - 1 tablespn to 1 jar metho)
Step 5:
Apply boot polish with brush, all over.
Softly polish with cloth when dry
Use as book covers, bookmarks or whatever you can think of!
Here's a recipe for paper you can use like cloth, make wallets, cover books etc
MOMI-GAMI (Ruffled Paper)
Tapioca Paste:
In double boiler put 1 cup water to 1 dessertspoon tapioca powder.
Consistency should be that of light cream
Stir until clear. Apply to both sides of paper with sponge.
Crumple paper well. Let dry - recrumple to soften
If you'd like to talk about your experiments with this recipe I'd be happy to hear of your results!
Thanks to Gaynor for passing on these recipes
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