It is about time and it’s always time for a good meditative paper craft. I found one that I hope will be our faithful companion through any wtf news and jfc events in the coming weeks.
It’s the Fold & Dip technique - one I found in this gem of a book:
I love this printmaking method because you only need a few things and once you get the general idea you can spend the rest of your days, weeks, months, your whole life building on the simple concept. Ya get some paper. Fold it. Get some ink on it. Unfold it. Enjoy. Repeat.
You can make these gorgeous delicate patterned papers for gift wrapping, decorations, collage pieces, scrapbooking, letter writing, paper mache, lining bird cages, making a flapper costume, wrapping a sandwich in an “elevated” fashion, and whatever else you can think of.
Everything you need to become the master of dip is in the video. If you want to gather your materials and follow along, this is what you’ll need:
Let’s pause for a moment and note how the plain tissue paper is like “yeah, ok.” And then with a couple turns of the wrist and a quick jump in an ink bath it turns to the “OK! Yesssss!!!” you see in the first image up top.
Ok back to supplies. Markers are optional, but you’ll definitely need inks or watercolors.
And if seeing the fold diagram as a static image helps, here is the main fold diagram from the book:
As a bonus, here’s some wild and crazy pleat fold ideas:
As always, I’d love to know what you think and would be thrilled to see what you make.
Thanks for watching and reading!
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