Boxes and Containers

Dear readers, today I want to share with you a work I made a couple of years ago... Yesterday I was finding into my old archive pictures and I've found pics of 4 boxes I made for a commissioned work. The boxes were made with beautiful vintage printed papers that I bought in a paper store near home in Naples City. When I found the store I was really astonished due the big assortment of papers, printed, glossy, embroided, silky, and many other kinds... For a papercrafter this kind of shop is a paradise! Among the papers I've found, there was one hand painted!! It is the turquoise one with silver patterns and with it I made a crane (tsuru) container for a wedding gift... This is my second passion: Origami.

Marbling Flowers...

In my opinion, the marbling of flowered patterns is a difficult task because, among other aspects, there is a compromise between the number of colors used and the form in which they spread  when they are in contact on size surface; especially when those floral motifs are made on a Gel Git base. It is important to determine the amount of ox gall you need to use with each color you add... the more colors you add, the most drops of ox gall you need... Then be patient, and first of all do the "drop test" to reach the better way to do your work.. Here I show you some of my tries.

Classifying Paste Papers

In every work one does, manytimes it's important to know the variations or styles. It helps to understand what one is doing and in this way your learning is enriched. This is also a good chance to know the history and beauty of art you are doing. It is a step on your formation, a way of culture.

Paste Papers have a lot of styles, each one was developed in specific periods of bookbinding history. The book "Decorated Book Papers" has a very comprehensive classification of these papers, and today I want to share with you a little resume of them, only indicating a branching scheme I've done during my lecture of the topic.