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Wallpaper weaving
Wallpaper is actually a very lavishly produced printed graphic. This fact is normally shadowed by the more everyday function of wallpaper. But take a piece of wallpaper, cut it into strips, weave them together, and mount the whole in a prominent place on the wall and the inherent artistic quality of wallpaper suddenly becomes apparent. The result is a sculpture in bas-relief which might easily have originated in the studio of a modern master.
Materials:
One roll of decorative wallpaper with alternating fine stripes with no pattern and wider stripes with floral or other decorative ornaments; small nails.
Tools:
Good, strong scissors.
Instructions:
First cut the wallpaper into strips of various widths, according to the printed stripes and ornaments. When you have cut enough strips, lay one narrow strip at right angles over one wider strip, forming a cross in the desired dimensions of the finished object.
Add more strips, one at a time. Work directly on the wall or on a work surface and first secure the strips with straight pins or thumb tacks.
Weave strips of various widths together. Take your time, stepping back occasionally to view your work. Change positions of the strips until you are pleased with the proportions.
Secure the finished weaving to the wall with small nails at the ends of each strip and also at the intersections of the strips. Depending on the nails you use, they can also become a decorative element. What started as a humble wallpaper has become an exciting objet d‘art!
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