When I've done paste paper, I mixed up some of that clear "gel" art paste
that comes in the little boxes; then, I add acrylic paint until it looks
somewhat opaque, but transluscent when thinned out by spreading. There's
plenty of room for experimentation. I did paste papers with middle
schoolers, and they did winter collages from it. They turned out really
nice. More recently we used paste paper to cover journals. It's such a
cool project because there's no end of experimentation and different
results. Here's a link to the cards we did:
http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?exhibit=91888
If anyone does use this method for mosaics I'd love to hear about it! :0)
-Lydia in Toledo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Bennett" <seasideblueviolet@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [teacherartexchange] Mosaics - Sugggestions needed
>I missed the thread on the colored paste.What did you use to color the
>paste?
>
>
> --- On Fri, 1/2/09, Dulcius <dulcius@mailnew.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Dulcius <dulcius@mailnew.com>
>> Subject: Re: [teacherartexchange] Mosaics - Sugggestions needed
>> To: "TeacherArtExchange Discussion Group"
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>> Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 8:49 AM
>> Paste paper techniques on the mat board is another idea -
>> use art paste for the base of the colored paste, and it
>> definitely wouldn't get too wet. There's a really
>> nice book out there about paste paper, but I don't
>> remember the name (it's at school); I'm sure there
>> are lots of great websites too.
>> -Lydia in Toledo
>> ----- Original Message ----- From:
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>> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 7:45 PM
>> Subject: Re: [teacherartexchange] Mosaics - Sugggestions
>> needed
>>
>>
>> > Wonder if you could use this idea and do paper
>> marbling on the mat board before cutting, or if the matboard
>> would get too wet and come apart. I suppose you could do
>> the shaving cream marbling method, and then maybe spray with
>> a varnish or something?
>> >
>> > Deb
>> >
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------->
>> > I love Mosaics and I did them in class with my Art 4 a
>> few times. However we
>> > did not use ceramics. Instead we made tiles from
>> scrap Matt-board painted with
>> > inexpensive acrylics and glued with white glue on
>> colored Matt-board. After
>> > designing the composition the tiles were painted,
>> dried and then cut on a paper
>> > cutter into squares. The squares where then cut again
>> and glued down as they
>> > needed them. Different colors were kept in envelopes
>> and they worked long and
>> > hard on this. The results were very nice. this could
>> be a way of starting them
>> > or for others who want to do this with out using
>> ceramic tiles. This is not
>> >> better but just another thought.
>> >>
>> > I have some examples on slides and I have to scan them
>> to get examples, so I
>> >> don't have them yet.
>> >
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