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Pressing Papers

By Mary Crooke

I was watching a television program about

making jewellery when I realised that with some

adaptation and a little experimentation a similar

process could be used to make pretty papers

from plain tissue paper. I think I have come up

with some interesting results.

Materials Required:

Sheets of tissue paper.

P. V.A. Craft Adhesive and a 25mm paintbrush.

Wire cake cooler or similar.

Old papers to protect your work surface – shiny

magazine papers are best, not newspapers.

Sheet of Silver foil.

An iron (set on wool).

See also: additional materials at the start of the

instructions for each paper.

To Make The Papers:

Orange Dot Paper:

Yo u will need pieces of white tissue paper

a little bigger than aperture size, an orange wax

crayon, a sheet of coarse glass paper, an old

folded cloth and some clean white paper.

Cover the paper on the work surface with a

folded cloth. Remove the wrapper from round

the crayon and rub it liberally over the glass

paper. Place a piece of tissue paper on the folded

cloth and the glass paper, crayon side down, onto

this. Put a piece of plain white paper over the top

to protect the iron, press the iron down onto the

papers and hold perfectly still for a few seconds.

Remove the iron and allow the paper to cool a

little. Lift the glass paper up off the tissue, don’t

drag it or it will smudge.

You may need to experiment to get the

desired result which is why it is best to work on

small pieces of tissue rather than a large sheet. If

there is not enough crayon on the tissue rub

some more onto the glass paper and try again on

a new piece of tissue. If there is too much, try

again on another piece of tissue as there will be

less crayon left on the glass paper.

Two Colour Dot Paper:

You will need white tissue

paper, yellow and green cray-

ons, a craft knife and an old

folded cloth.

With the tip of the knife cut

off small pieces of green and

yellow crayon. Fold the tissue

paper in half, crease and unfold

it again and place on the folded

cloth. Spread the pieces of cray-

on over one half of the tissue

and fold the other half back

over again. Press the iron down

on the tissue and hold for a few

seconds before lifting it off

again. Repeat until you have

pressed the whole sheet of

tissue. The melted crayon will

have joined the top and bottom

layers of tissue together.

Flower, Leaf

Or Punched

Shape Paper:

You will need

white tissue

paper, pressed

flower petals or

pressed leaves

(some ideas to

try are Maiden-

hair Fern, Violet,

flower stamens

or grass seeds).

Alternatively use

paper punched

shapes such as

small hearts or

dots.

Fold the white tissue in half, crease it and

unfold again then place onto a sheet of foil.

Scatter the petals, leaves or punched shapes onto

half of the tissue, make sure any pressed leaves

or flowers are ’best side’ up. Using the paint-

brush cover the other half of the tissue with

P. V.A. and fold carefully back over the first half

pressing firmly. Leave to dry on a wire tray.

Dark Blue &

Silver Paper:

You will need

two pieces of

dark blue tissue,

a number 4 or 5

artists brush and

silver paint.

Start with

one piece of tis-

sue paper placed

onto the work

surface with the

foil beneath.

Take the second

piece of dark

blue tissue and screw it up into a ball. Straighten

the paper out again using the flat of your hand,

some creasing will remain and the paper will be

a little smaller than it was.

Using the large brush, gently spread the

P. V. A. all over the first piece of blue tissue (the

one on the foil), lay the crumpled piece on top

and press together. Lay onto the wire tray and

allow to dry thoroughly.

Shake and stir the silver paint really well, dip

the small brush into the paint and dab on some

spare paper to remove the excess. Starting at

the top corner with the brush almost flat on the

tissue, drag the brush across the paper and back

again. Work down the paper until all the high

creases are covered. Great for Christmas cards,

allow to dry before using.

Red Paper:

You will need two pieces of red tissue and

some fine gold thread, I used Madeira No 40

in Gold.

The thread needs to be snipped into some-

thing like 1cm lengths, it won’t notice if they

vary a little. An easy way of doing this is to wind

the thread ten times round four fingers of your

hand, slip it off and cut at one end. Hold all

the threads together and snip into 1cm lengths

letting them fall onto a clean sheet of paper. A

dessert spoonful of snipped thread will cover

a piece of tissue about 30cm square.

Start with one piece of red tissue paper on the

sheet of silver foil. Using the large brush, gently

spread the P.V.A. all over the tissue. Place the sec-

ond piece on top and press together, place on the

wire tray to dry. Brush the top of the red tissue

with P.V.A. and scatter the gold thread evenly all

over. Press the pieces firmly down using the back

of a spoon, add a little more glue under any that

keep popping up and press down again.

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