There is an interesting type of needlework - weaving from newspaper tubes. Many craftswomen mastered this technique to perfection and generously share their knowledge and experience with those who also dream of learning to create. Elena Tishchenko is one of such needlewomen.
Not a vine, but still
Weaving mankind has been engaged in more than one millennium. For the manufacture of household items, flexible branches of trees and shrubs, bark, durable dry stems and leaves were used. But modern masters try to use the so-called junk materials, creating incredible beauty from them.
It is not known who invented the twisting of old newspapers into thin tubes to replace the vine. But this type of needlework is rapidly gaining popularity. The name of Elena Tishchenko is familiar to all those who want to learn this kind of creativity. After all, she actively promotes this type of needlework, captivating with her skill, revealing the secrets and nuances that she has already mastered.
Mastery Basics
To learn how to weave beautiful and useful things from newspaper tubes with your own hands, you first need to master the technique of folding a paper sheet into tubes of the same thickness. It only seems that there is nothing to do here, but in fact, everything is a little more complicated. Newspaper paper was chosen for weaving for several reasons - there are a lot of it, a press read by home and neighbors, a penny, goods not sorted by buyers in trays in the form of newspapers and magazines - all this becomes material for creativity. Craftswomen called newspaper tubes - a paper vine.
Craftswoman Elena Tishchenko on her YouTube channel, as well as in social networking groups and on her own website, shows how to twist a vine out of paper. To do this, you need to prepare newspapers and glue. It turns out that weaving from different newspapers has its own peculiarities: in some publications paint is very dirty, in others - paper is thin and torn, in others - sheets of small format.
In any case, the principle of weaving is as follows:
- stripes from a newspaper need to be cut with a stationery knife; they are about 7 centimeters wide;
- a paper strip is wound onto a thin needle at a small angle - 20-30 degrees;
- the tail is glued with ordinary clerical glue, it is most convenient to use high-quality glue stick;
- the spoke is removed.
All - the straw-vine for weaving is ready.
Start over
To learn how to work with newspaper tubes and create beautiful things with your own hands, you need to master the principles of weaving from paper vines. They are based on the thousand-year experience of mankind.
This is real art, with its secrets, secrets that are revealed to the master over time. In this type of needlework, such as weaving from a paper rod, masters use several basic methods of weaving:
- openwork;
- rope weaving;
- square;
- ordinal;
- layered;
- simple;
Each type of weaving uses its own technique and patterns of interweaving vines with the base. And the foundation is the beginning of any work.
Simple things
The first thing that weaving masters recommend is a regular basket. A small workshop will help her weave. Elena Tishchenko, by the way, in her blogs and on the video channel offers such step-by-step instructions to help novice weaving masters. But where to start to understand if this type of needlework is interesting or is it better to do something else? Weave the first thing.
Newspaper tubes must be laid out on a plane in this way: four side by side and four on top of the previous ones at an angle of 90 degrees, that is, across. Place two more tubes on top of the previous diagonally to get an angle of 45 degrees, and two more in the same way, but in the opposite direction. The result was a star base of 24 base tubes.
Now, the straw that the basket will be woven around needs to be folded in half, it weaves the base of the basket, grabbing two straws of a star-shaped base. This moment must be strictly observed so that the basket is strong enough: two tubes of one beam, again two tubes of this beam, then two separate tubes. This is repeated in a circle until all the rays of the base are intertwined.
Weaving in a circle should be continued until the bottom of the basket does not get the desired diameter. Then put on the bottom a suitable size bowl, a saucepan without handles, a round box. The base beams are bent upwards, and weaving continues already in height. Weaving technique can be changed as desired. When the basket is as high as needed, the weaving ends. The first woven thing with your own hands from a paper rod is ready.
How to decorate this world?
Craftswoman Elena Tishchenko gives many useful tips to those who are passionate about this type of needlework. Wicker items can be painted and decorated using the decoupage technique. One main tip: so that newsprint is well tinted, acquiring the desired color, the finished product should be primed. To do this, you can use white acrylic primers sold in hardware stores. You can make a primer according to Elena’s own prescription:
- 1 part white acrylic interior paint;
- 1 part PVA glue;
- water until the primer has the consistency of liquid sour cream.
The finished product is primed with a wide brush, unpainted small areas are then additionally passed with a small brush. During priming and staining, it is impossible to allow a strong wetting of the finished product, otherwise it will fall apart. Having primed a wicker thing, you need to let it dry well. Then it is painted and decorated if desired. It is convenient to use napkins for decoupage, because they easily fit on any basis, including on a wicker surface.
Weaving newspaper tubes (paper vines) is an entertaining work. It is suitable for even children, because it does not require sharp objects, needles, and the very process of interweaving small elements develops motor skills, which is so important in childhood. However, adults are no less keen on kids with this kind of creativity. Like, for example, Elena Tishchenko.
Little is known about the biography of this craftswoman. He does not post on the Internet Elena and her photos. Users can only admire her work. She prefers not to tell about herself, but to show her works and teach others this craft. Weaving from a paper rod is an accessible type of creativity, it can be a fascinating activity in your free time, and can become the basis of all life.