Cartapesta

Cartapesta means papier mache (chewed up paper.) Before we entered the studios of Lecce's papier mache artists my understanding of the art was limited to masks, pinatas and the giant puppet heads we saw at Bread and Puppet theater in Vermont and in the central plaza of San Miguel Allende in Mexico. The papier mache…

Pair of cartapesta boxes - Italy early 18th century - Ref.78699

Cartapesta: The High Art of Papier-Mâché in Puglia - GRAND VOYAGE ITALY

File:Stephen the chicken bank. Cartapesta con técnicas de modelado en pasta de madera. María José Cavallone, 2009. Colección MAP José Hernández.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Come fare la cartapesta

Laboratorio di cartapesta nella bottega del Carnevale

Art of Cartapesta Demonstration • V&A Blog

Scatola Kashmir in Cartapesta

Pisapapeles cartapesta artesanal - Asociación Ambar

Hot air balloon in papier-mâché made entirely by hand in our Venetian workshops. The papier-mâché base is decorated with gold leaf, trimmings,

Hot Air Balloon 032

Cartapesta Paper