Paste papers are decorated papers with stamped, scraped, dribbled or drawn into textures. These were used by Colonial America as endpapers in books, as a way of simulating the marbled papers of old Europe.
Students in 7th grade Art Studio made paste papers today by mixing art paste with tempera paint. We wet the paper to make the fibers more accepting to the color, then painted this colored mixture onto the paper. We made desgins by scraping and dragging textures through the paint.
Students will use them for endpapers on the books we make and for designs on covers or for bookmarks.
