04. Corrugated paper/board
4.1 Samples of handmade paper based on corrugated paper. From left to right:
- Handmade paper was pressed on to corrugated paper
- A layer of brown paper pulp was placed on top of white. Rawls plugs were pressed into the pulp.
- A sheet of paper pulp was pressed onto a wooden panstand. The panstand has slits.
- Strips of handmade paper have been stitched to a background piece.
4.2 Embroidery based on corrugated paper. Cotton ribbon was wound round a frame and the strands were stitched into ridges. Another layer of cotton ribbon was then wrapped around the frame across the first layer. Ridges were stitched into the strands on both sides of the frame. The frame was cut away leaving looped ends.
4.3 Threads were withdrawn from linen scrim to form a grid. Ribbon and threads were woven into the grid. Wire was stitched to the fabric using the sewing machine. The fabric was bent into ridges.
4.4 The fabric was prepared as for 4.3. Instead of using wire, the fabric was painted with PVA glue and moulded into ridges and left to dry. The wire version can get squashed but this is very rigid.
4.5 Threads were withdrawn from fabric in one direction only. The remaining threads were wrapped in groups using tapestry wool. Bands of simple needle weaving hold the "bars" together.
4.6 Threads were withdrawn from fabric in one direction only. The remaining threads were wrapped in fabric to produce bars. The bars were wrapped with wire to make them mouldable. They were moulded into ridges. The bards were then secured by two rows of needleweaving with ribbon.
4.7 Two pieces of linen scrim were bonded together and holes were punched into the strip. The fabric was embellished with machine embroidery in the style of loopy writing. A cord was threaded through the holes and the piece was gathered to form ridges.
4.8 A hole was cut/torn in a piece of corrugated cardboard. The card has two layers of corrugated paper. Yarn was threaded through the vertical channels of one layer of corrugated paper and a background was fomed by needleweaving with red yarn. Yarn was then threaded through the top layer of corrugated paper and wrapped with blue yarn. 
4.9 String was threaded through the ridges of some corrugated cardboard. Packing tape, brown paper and string was woven through the string warp threads.>
4.10 The paper was edged with blanket stitch. In between each stitch I sewed double loops in red wool. Each loop was wrapped in blue thread. | Back to Pinboard |
