This project came out of a need to use up pieces of card stock and some left over paints. The results is a paper quilt wall hanging.
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| Painted Paper |
Begin by painting card stock with colors that you might find in a sheet of metal, such as copper. The sample shown is painted with gold, copper, green and a bit of red. Keep adding and blending until you get something that you like. You could also go in an entirely different direction and do a blend of pastels. That would also look striking.
Next, cut the paper into two-inch squares or a reasonable facsimile of. Finally, cut two and a half inch squares out of black cardstock or some other black paper, such as construction paper, that you happen to have on hand. Paste or glue each two-inch square onto a black square. This will give your copper square a black border, which will set off the colors.
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| Finished Piece - Copper Quilt |
For the piece in the picture the squares were then attached to a large piece of black poster board with some webbed packaging material in between the squares and the black poster board. The squares were positioned with the grain of the paint going in opposite directions, alternating horizontal with vertical throughout the piece. Because the piece is paper it is extremely lightweight and easy to hang.
This is a simple project with just a few steps that are easy enough to complete while visiting and thinking up other color schemes to play with. Enjoy!
