Most often associated with domestic craft, the humble art form makes its return. By Christine Smallwood IF THE POWER of art lies in the transformation of reality, then no medium more fully embodies ...

As a kid, I associated papier-mâché with making piñatas for a birthday party or crafting a mask in art class. Now that I'm an adult, I see it's more than just a craft for children. Lately, some ...

This craft literally translates to “chewed paper” — a name that sounds much better in the original French. Papier-mâché (a rhyme pronounced “pap-yay ma-shay”) is an ancient art form that, according to ...

The walls of the church-turned-gallery are adorned with bright-colored papier-mâché sweets and retro-futuristic televisions atop cardboard boxes. The new exhibit, “We Feed & Nourish Each Other,” was ...

Q-When did they make papier-mache furniture? What is the history behind this type of furniture? A-Papier-mache was first patented in 1772 by Henry Clay, an Englishman. He invented a process for making ...

Hopie Stockman, cofounder of Block Shop Textiles, riffed on the totems of Ettore Sottsass and turned-wood furniture legs for these papier-mâché candlesticks. Photo: Courtesy Hopie Stockman Hopie ...

In late December, it begins to look a lot like Christmas in Kashmir: there are conifers covered in snow, stars glitter across the dark skies. Though only 0.2% of the state’s population is Christian, ...

In a workshop in Indian-administered Kashmir, artisans sit in meditative silence, focusing only on their delicate grip and careful strokes of a paintbrush. The Muslim craftsmen here use an ancient art ...

Illinois-based design studio i/thee has teamed up with Los Angeles firm Roundhouse to create Agg Hab — short for Aggregate Habitat — an experimental eco-dwelling built from papier-mâché. The project, ...

Sometime in the 12th century, Omar Khayyam, the Persian poet and astronomer, wrote these lines about love and longing: “Come, fill the cup, and in the fire of spring / The winter garment of repentance ...

In the coat of arms of the Vatican, we see, on a field of gules, two crossed keys tied with a cord; one is made of gold and the other of silver, and they represent the dual power, spiritual and ...