Village Papier Mache
A decorative item heightens the look of the environment where it’s placed. Papier Mache is a famous & flexible material used for the making of decorative product. Papier-Mache is basically made from paper pulp. As the raw material is so easy to avail poor village people find it very easy to make papier mache product.

What is Papier Mache?
Papier mache has the manifestation of a masticated paper. It is an essence that is made out of paper pulp. Papier mache can be modeled and dyed for making profitable & decorative art products. Made from pieces of paper and stuck with glues, adhesives or starch, papier mache becomes hard and solid when dried.
Easy Availability of Papier Mache:
As the process of making papier mache is very easy and it is also very cheap, most of the poor village people of India find it easy to make decorative art works by using them. The process of making papier mache involves use of waste paper. It begins with soaking of soaking of paper in water to collapse paper. The collapsed material then crushed to pulp, mixed with adhesive and shaped over wooden moulds. Finally it is allowed to dry.
 
 
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States Famous for Village Papier Mache:
   
Ample numbers of utilitarian and decorative papier mache products are produced at the villages in India. Here we can discuss about few states of India which are famous for its village papier mache. Few states are discussed below:
Kashmir:
Kashmir is famous for its papier mache items. A large variety of utilitarian as well as decorative items are produced here by the village craftsmen. Such as,
  • Boxes
  • Vases
  • Replicas of Samovar
  • Models of house boats
Madhya Pradesh:
Madhya Pradesh is also well-known for its papier mache artworks. The core centre for papier mache in this region is Ujjain. The village craftsmen of Ujjain make papier mache birds. These birds look like original birds. Decorative papier-mache furniture and pottery is also made here.
Tamil Nadu:
The village craftsmen of Tamil Nadu are also famous for their craftsmanship in papier mache. They are famous for making human figures which you can find to be very expensive.
 
 
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