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With the help of Jasper Maskelyne, a professional magician, and a team of camouflage experts, replica sub-transformers were created out of wood and papier-mâché, buildings were camouflaged, and debris was littered around the plant to create the appearance from the air that it was damaged by an explosion.
Mardi Gras papier-mâché masks, Haiti. Papier-mâché (UK: / ˌ p æ p i eɪ ˈ m æ ʃ eɪ / PAP-ee-ay MASH-ay, US: / ˌ p eɪ p ər m ə ˈ ʃ eɪ / PAY-pər mə-SHAY, French: [papje mɑʃe] - the French term "mâché" here means "crushed and ground" [1]) is a versatile craft technique with roots in ancient China, in which waste paper is shredded and mixed with water and a binder to produce ...
A painting titled Smoko time with the AWLA A papier-mache cow, used for milking demonstrations, is being tied to the car by a Field Officer in the Women's Land Army, Melbourne, 1944. The Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA) was an organisation created in World War II in Australia to combat rising labour shortages in the farming sector. The AWLA ...
Jennens and Bettridge was a manufacturing company highly regarded for producing quality papier-mâché wares in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It was a partnership between Theodore Hyla Jennens, John Bettridge Sr., Aaron Jennens and John Bettridge Jr. and later only A. Jennens and J. Bettridge Jr. [1] (fl. 1815–1864).
Cartonería or papier-mâché sculptures are a traditional handcraft in Mexico. The papier-mâché works are also called "carton piedra" (rock cardboard) for the rigidness of the final product. [ 1 ] These sculptures today are generally made for certain yearly celebrations, especially for the Burning of Judas during Holy Week and various ...
Noted elements identified with pobedobesie include Russian citizens "adding a papier maché turret to their child's pushchair to make it look like a tank, or daubing 'To Berlin' on their cars." [3] In recent years, slogans such as "We can do it again" (Russian: "Можем повторить", romanized: Mozhem povtorit') have become popular. [3]
Johannes Schöner's Terrestrial globe with wooden frame, around 1515, wood, papier-mâché A highlight of the museum is the Treuner Brothers' model of the old town (Altstadt), showing how it looked before World War II bombing .
The village of Fedoskino (Федоскино), located not far from Moscow on the banks of the Ucha River, is the oldest of the four art centers of Russian lacquer miniature painting on papier-mâché, which has been practiced there since 1795.