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How to make Japanese Kneaded Momigami paper fabric. This short and quick tutorial is done with the hand lotion technique. Create fun and usable paper fabric for your next creative project. Botanical Paper Art, How To Turn Paper Into Fabric, Paper Fabric How To Make, How To Do Crafts, What To Do With Handmade Paper, Japanese Fabric Crafts, Momigami Tutorial, Japanese Paper Crafts, Momigami Projects

Welcome to the fun and fascinating world of Momigami! What is that you ask? Momigami is the Japanese word for “kneaded paper.” At its core, Momigami transforms ordinary paper into a fabric-like material. The process is quite simple. What is Momigami? The ancient Japanese technique uses Konnyaku (koh-nee-yah-koo) Starch. The starch mixture is painted on one...Read the Post

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A couple of weeks ago I had progressed my collage using the momigami paper samples to the point where I was ready to stick it down using thinned wallpaper paste on a plastic sheet. After adding some more purple serviette pieces, this was where I had got to. I followed Cas Holmes' advice in her book, The Found Object in Textile Art, and scraped away some of the paper layers with a blade to reveal the ones underneath. Next I wanted to add some machine embroidery. First I experimented with a…

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April 3, 2015 Joanne Weis Over the last couple of days we have looked at the Japanese aesthetic of Wabi Sabi, focusing on its expression in Momigami - the process of making wrinkled, leathery paper. Now what do you do with that paper? Centuries ago, the Japanese developed these processes to make paper suitable for clothing. What we are doing here is not that strong or pliable but certainly has features that make it useable to the artist. It is quite adaptable. I have run it through my…

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