PAPIER MACHE by SHIVANGKITA

Hello Everyone,Its been quite a few days since I've posted! In my last post I said I am going to come up with an important characteristic. So today I would like to write about Naqashi designs and Motives that are very famous and almost seen on a lot of Paper Mache products.  Do you guys remember that in my very first post i'd been saying that Paper Mache products seemed interesting to me because they have a story to it and has a theme? Let me tell you these motives or designs play a very essential role in giving a Paper Mache product its traditional look. Other products which are Paper Mached and dose not have these motives or designs painted on them using the particular colours can not claim to be a part true traditional Paper Mache product. Here lies the value and speciality of the craft. The Naqash wile painting has to keep in mind the origin of the craft in order to bring forth its true esssence to the world and custoners. Naqashi Designs and Motifs: •   Gul-...

Hey Guys! Hope you all keeping fine, today we are going to know more about the technique of creating a good beautiful Paper Mache product.  People who are new to my blog are requested to check the previous ones so as to know what exactly I am talking about. Anyways, before I begin today I would like to share something with all of you. As I already said 'Paper Mache' is my research topic for the assignment that I have been given from my institution. So adding up to that I have been told to make a Visual Diary ( A diary through which I have to depict my topic with help of visuals that are related to it) . Thus, I would like to share a few pages of my Diary with you. But before that would continue with the second important process to make Paper Mache i.e, Naqashi: The object when it first reaches the Naqash is covered with a thin paper strips of butter paper pasted on the object by means of glue. This thin layer acts as barrier between the plaster covering the objec...

Hello guys, so by now I think Paper Mache has become quite familiar with you all though we haven't yet really touched its true essence . The process of making Paper Mache is quite simple but if we go to its roots the traditional way of creating a Paper Mache product is a little differently done. Today I am going to write on that, so I hope you guys like it! :) So yeah lets get started... MAKING OF PAPER MACHE:- The humble journey of any beautiful Paper Mache product involves two simple procedures:- Sakhtsazi and Naqashi .  Sakhtsazi involves fashioning the base product from the pulp of paper into the desired form while Naqashi is the painting process done over it. SAKHTSAZI: The paper pulp is soaked into large tanks of water for three to four days and is then pounded in a stone mortar (Kanz) with a wooden pestle (Muhul) for a uniform consistency. This paper pulp is then left to sun-dry which is then mixed with a local adhesive known as 'Atij'-a kind of glue ma...

                                                      An introduction to the  world of Paper Mache. Hello everyone.. This is Shivangkita and I am back with a new post. As I mentioned in my previous blog, today I am going to share with you a brief about Paper Mache. If you remember somewhere in my last post I'd mentioned that the craft is from Persia but it started being raised and practiced in Kahsmir. There are a few websites which might tell you differently about the origin of Paper Mache like it was first invented in China as its the country that first invented paper and to beleive the sources the people in China used paper to make helmets and some other products which they hardend by applying many layers of Laquer ( a liquid made of shellac dissolved in alcohol, or of synthetic substances, that dries to form a hard prot...

                                              The children whom I saw selling little beautiful products done intricate artwork on them,randomly while travelling somewhere,never thought it has the involvement of such a unique and skilled craftform which is worth the notice of everyone. But, may be of our daily busy routine or hurry to go for work we really do not pay much attention to the sellers.  Hi everyone my name is Shivangkita.I am currently studying  fashion from Pearl Academy,Noida. So you guys must be wondering what could this blog be all about. Thus, I would just like to give a little introduction on it.... Basically  I am a beginner  and This is my first ever blog. Yes I am excited to share some really interesting stuff that I like and something which is also a part of my Project! heavy word :D but seriously I intend to make it...