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 ...

Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Six years ago, designer Vaishnavi Walvekar was walking through a bazaar in Delhi when a bowl caught her eye. Picking ...

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 ...

Papier-mâché is a common art medium, but that’s not all it’s good for. According to Popular Science, Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming is using the material in an attempt to protect a vulnerable ...

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 ...