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AS MATERIAL FOR COLLAGES/MIXED MEDIA TECHNIQUE |
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The recycled paper and/or pressed paper pulp from the paper factory is beaten in water to loosen the fibres. | |
The pulp is then dyed with a cotton dye.
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The paper is made by drawing the meshed frame through a large vat with the required amount of pulp suspended in water. |
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The coloured paper fibres settle on the surface of the screen which is left to dry. In this case a two-colour sheet. The felt-like sheet is then peeled off and stored. |
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| The palet of coloured and textured papers are applied to my work with a special glueing "collage" techniek. |  |
In order to bind the fragile fibre structure of my paper and to size it for further painting, a mixture of starch/gelatine/resin is carefully soaked into the surface, which simultaneously binds the collage pieces to the background paper below. | |
