Today, rice paper for decoupage or decoupage card is a very popular material for decorating various surfaces. Fans of this work put on the front of this paper a variety of motifs and patterns that are used specifically for decoupage types of work. Rice paper decorates bottles, all kinds of vases, dinner plates, wooden caskets and other products. You can give your old favorite souvenirs a new breath and place them in a prominent place for interior decoration of a house or apartment.
Features
Decoupage material of various densities is produced, and the density of the material is best felt during palpation.
It is advisable to use thin rice paper in decoupage, since it is easy to stick thin material, and it merges perfectly with almost any type of surface.
It will be completely impossible to distinguish between the borders of the surface itself and the paper, a certain impression of a beautiful drawing, which was created by the artist’s brushes, will be created.
If you work with denser images, then such borders remain noticeable and can damage the quality of design. Density varies from 5 to 20 g per 1 square. m
Varieties
Three-layer napkin - in ordinary stores, such napkins are sold in packages, but in art stores they can be purchased individually. Both professionals and those who are just starting to get acquainted with this type of creativity can work with such decoupage napkins.
Decoupage cards - special sheets, which depict a drawing for decoupage.As an example: these can be lavender flowers, beautiful mountain landscapes or transparent streams. By the way, the density of these products is higher than ordinary napkins, and the choice of patterns is simply huge.
Rice paper is called the ideal material for decoupage, because it has a low density and at the same time a sufficiently high strength. A decoupage card made from rice paper can be of different sizes and different densities.
Such special material can be purchased to create a depoupage in retro, antique or vintage style. A huge variety of different colors and all kinds of beautiful motifs will allow you to choose the right option that can satisfy your wishes and preferences.
Initially, rice material surprises with its thin veins and this is not at all surprising, since it is made from rice straw.
If you decide to purchase rice paper for decoupage, then you should familiarize yourself with the important features of this material.
- Light streaks of rice on decorated items look quite beautiful and original.
- Large rice canvases fit perfectly on ceramic, porcelain, glass, plastic and wooden surfaces.
- This translucent material is easy to stick to almost any surface.
It is better that the base of the item to which the decoupage card will be glued is light or completely white.
- The structure of rice material is much stronger than ordinary napkins.
- For perfect alignment with the surface, thin rice material should be selected.
Decoupage cards look especially beautiful on glass - the natural transparency of the material creates an emphasis on the drawing, thereby highlighting it. In size decoupage cards of a standard format - A3 or A4. It is this size that is considered optimal and suitable for performing various works in various areas.
Correctly choose rice paper
When you purchase this material for decoration, you must carefully read the accompanying note on cardboard, which may contain information about the strength of the paper and its density.
Before you buy paper, first of all, you need to find out how you can extract the existing motive from the material. This finest material blends perfectly with any matched background. Decoupage cards with fibers have a transparent structure, but you can choose a material that has a higher density to obtain clearer borders on the decorated product.
Therefore, it is better to use scissors when the borders of the selected images are drawn, painted over or completely hidden additionally under the decor.
If you need to leave the edges of motives invisible, the following steps are performed step by step:
- selected images need to be separated by hands;
- reaching the rice fibers, they are cut with small scissors;
- if you break off the material without using scissors, it may break, and the fibers may not disperse correctly at all, which will ruin the integrity of the picture.
Bonding paper is considered to be complicated and at the same time the most interesting. Such work can be compared with how traditional decoupage is made only with its specific subtleties.
Master class: decoupage with rice paper on wood
The first step is to prepare a wooden surface, for example, a chest of drawers. To do this, it must be completely sanded to remove all existing bumps. Next, using a brush, a special acrylic primer is applied to the coating. While the acrylic primer will harden, you can pick up paper fragments.
Further steps:
- brown paper to completely glue the wooden plane;
- while the product dries up, you can prepare new fragments and sand the edges of the paper with an emery cloth;
- prepared fragments are glued to the selected area using a special varnish;
- to achieve a marble texture, you should go with a sponge (cosmetic sponge) along the entire plane of the wooden product without affecting the main image - this will create an imitation of marble with similar stains;
- only after complete drying the wooden product is covered with acrylic varnish in 2 layers.
Sometimes certain types of decorating techniques are combined. For example, fragments of rice paper, ordinary napkins and even cloth can be used on one surface. Thus, the decor is carried out on the dining table and even on the stove.
However, it is advisable to begin acquaintance with the decoupage technique with the decor of different bottles of an unusual shape.
Lace rice paper
To understand how to work with lace paper, as an example, you can parse the decoration of a vase. To do this, you need a lace decoupage card with a beautiful pattern. Also a white sheet of rice paper will be useful.
You can separate the white layer from a three-layer napkin and use it if there is no way to get a white sheet. This layer will be a great replacement.
The next step in the decoupage will be the preparation of a special glue or ordinary PVA glue. In addition, you will need to use acrylic varnish. You also need to prepare a soft brush and a glass of water.
It is not difficult to glue lace paper. The main thing is to comply with the existing rules for bonding this material to the surface. First of all, it is necessary to degrease the surface; for this, any alcohol-containing liquid is usually used. You can glue lace rice paper from any place you like. By the way, sticking the material can be done not only with glue, varnish is also used.
Inexperienced decorators can first glue the surface with paper using ordinary water.
Just put the paper on a plane and moisten it with a wet brush. Rice paper is inherently “non-whimsical" material, like, for example, ordinary napkins, therefore it is best to moisten fragments starting from the middle and moving to the edges. In the process, you need to kick out the existing air bubbles. As soon as the fragments with the paper are located on the surface correctly, you can walk on top with special glue or use varnish.
When voids are formed, that is, areas without applying paper, they can be filled using wipes with pieces of white material. The formed folds can not be leveled - they will create the effect of a fibrous structure. The main thing is to glue the lace paper in such a way that no gaps remain.
You can get acquainted with the features of decoupage with rice paper in the next video.
