An experiment with ripping and folding different papers. Some papers were more difficult to tear in a straight line when ripping 'against the grain'.
(I didn't notice the bit about white paper!!!)
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Each paper started as A4 and was scrunched down to fill 1/9th section of A4 card.
From left to right, top to bottom:
newsprint, tissue paper, crepe paper, parcel paper, sugar paper & tracing paper.
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Manipulated tissue paper
From left to right, top to bottom:
hand gathered, knotted, twisted, zig zag cut in strips hole punched & pleated
From left to right, top to bottom:
hand gathered, knotted, twisted, zig zag cut in strips hole punched & pleated
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hole punched & scrunched, zig-zag cut in strips & pleated, zig-zag cut in squares & layered, hole punched and twisted
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Gathered samples
top to bottom:
hand stitched and gathered, machine stitched & gathered
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hand gathered in squares, hand gathered in strips
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I love your manipulated tissue paper Julia! I wouldn't have thought you could get so many different textures from it.
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