Wednesday 18 July 2007

04 Paper Experiments

Properties of Paper

I tried the same paper manipulations with different paper types.
  • Crumpling
  • tearing
  • Ridges
  • Creased tucks
  • crumpled balls
  • Pleats


1Cartridge paper: Stiff, makes good folds, difficult to crumple.Cartridge paper
2Kitchen paper: very soft. Doesn't hold creases. Good for crumpling and soft creases.Kitchen paper
3Crepe paper: Soft and stretchy. Similar properties to kitchen paper.Crepe paper
4Tissue paper: Crisp, creases well. Can be easily manipilated with care.Tissue paper
5Handmade paper: This was soft and fibrous which gives nice frayed looking edge when torn. Crumples well. Creases are not sharp.Handmade paper
6Baking parchment: Springy when crumpled. Creases well but with slightly rounded edges.Baking parchment
7Thin card: Very difficult to do much with this because it was so stiff. Result was very bulky. Thin Card

Tissue Paper Manipulations.

Tissue paper was gathered using machine stitching and gathered.

Paper manipulations using various types of paper.

The photo below shows various paper manipulations. Where possible I tried the same effect with 2 types of paper - hard and soft.
  • Knotted crepe paper strips.
  • Tiny crumpled balls in crepe paper and cartridge paper.
  • Two strips, folded over each other to form concertina effect - in cartridge paper and tissue paper.
  • Strips of cartridge paper with edges snipped and then rolled up.
  • As above but with long snipped edge.
  • Cones made from tissue paper and cartridge paper.
  • Pieces of torn card piled on top of each other - decreasing size to form contours.
  • Tissue paper manipulated in the glue to form ridges
  • Strips of crepe paper twisted
  • strips of tissue paper, twisted and thenformed into loose knots.
  • Strips of thin paper stuck down loosely


Paper Relief Surfaces

These samples are based on tree bark
1Strips of tissue paper, twisted and knotted and then arranged in concentric circles.
2Tissue paper and lots of glue! The tissue paper was manipulated into ridges
3Design was drawn on card and then cut with knife. The pieces were stuck down with spaces betwwen them.
4Paper folded into four. Slits were cut into paper. The paper was opened up and stretched out before sticking down.
5Tissue paper was pinched into peaks and twisted slightly before sticking down.
6Strips of paper folded and stuck down.
7Two thin strips of firm paper were folded over each other to form concertina structure. Several of these were made and stuck down.


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