Mastery of weaving from newspaper tubes. Master class from Elena Tishchenko

There is an interesting kind of needlework - weaving from newspaper tubes. Many masters have mastered this technique in perfection and generously share their knowledge and experience with those who also dream of learning how to create. Elena Tishchenko - one of these needlewomen.

Not a vine, but still

The mankind has been engaged in the weaving for many millennia. To produce the necessary items in everyday life, flexible branches of trees and shrubs, bark, strong dry stems and leaves were used. But modern masters try to use so-called waste materials, creating from them incredible beauty.

Who invented to twist the old newspapers into thin tubes to replace them with a vine is unknown. But this kind of needlework is rapidly gaining popularity. The name of Elena Tischenko is familiar to all those who want to learn this kind of creativity. After all, she actively promotes this type of needlework, captivating with her skill, revealing the secrets and nuances that she has already mastered.

Fundamentals of Excellence

To learn how to weave beautiful newspaper from your newspaper tubes, useful and useful things, you need to master the technique of folding a paper sheet into tubes of the same thickness. It only seems that there is nothing to do here, but in reality everything is a little more complicated. For weaving, newspaper news was chosen for several reasons - there were a lot of it, the press was read by the household and neighbors, a penny, the goods in the form of newspapers and magazines not analyzed by the buyers on the trays - this all becomes a material for creativity. The craftsmen call newspaper tubes - paper vines.

Master Elena Tischenko on her YouTube channel, as well as in groups of social networks and on her own website, shows how to rotate a vine from paper. To do this, you need to prepare newspapers and glue. It turns out that weaving from different newspapers has its own peculiarities: some publications get very dirty, others have thin paper and tear, others have small sheets.

In any case, the principle of weaving is:

• A stationery knife you need to cut the strip from the newspaper, they are about 7 centimeters wide;
• A paper strip is wound on a thin needle at a slight angle - 20-30 degrees;
• The tail is pasted with the usual clerical glue, it is most convenient to use high-quality glue-pencil;
• The spoke is removed.

Everything - a pipe-wicker for weaving is ready.

Start over

To learn how to work with newspaper tubes and create beautiful things by yourself, you need to learn the principles of weaving from a paper vine. They are based on the millennial experience of mankind.

This is real art, with its secrets, secrets, which are revealed to the master over time. In this kind of needlework, like weaving from a paper vine, masters use several basic techniques of weaving:

• Open-work;
• Rope weaving;
• Square;
• An orderly;
• Layered;
• Simple;

Each kind of weaving uses its technique and patterns of interlacing the vine with the base. And the creation of the foundation is the beginning of any work.

Simple things

The first thing that the weaving masters recommend is to do the usual basket. She will be helped by a small master class. Elena Tishchenko, by the way, in her blogs and on the video channel offers such step-by-step instructions to help novice masters of weaving. But where to start to understand, is this kind of needlework interesting or is it better to do something else? Weave the first thing.

The newspaper tubes must be spread out on the plane in such a way: four side by side and four on top of the previous ones at an angle of 90 degrees, that is across. Two more tubes placed on top of the previous diagonally to get a 45 degree angle, and two more exactly the same, but the other way. The result was a star-shaped base of 24 tubules of the base.

Now the tube, which will roll the basket, it is necessary to fold in half, it basks on the base of the basket, grabbing two tubes of the stellate base. This moment must be strictly observed, so that the basket is strong enough: two tubes of one ray, again two tubes of this ray, then two separate tubes. So it repeats in a circle, until all the rays of the base are woven.

Weaving around the circle must continue, until the bottom of the basket does not get the right diameter. Then on the bottom is put a suitable size bowl, saucepan without handles, a round box. Rays of the base are bent upwards, and the weaving continues already in height. Reception of weaving can be changed at will. When the height of the basket is the one you need - weaving ends. The first wicker thing with his hands from the paper vine is ready.

How to decorate this world?

The master Elena Tishchenko gives a lot of useful advice to those who are keen on this kind of needlework. Wicker items can be painted and decorated with the help of the "decoupage" technique. One main advice: that newspaper paper is well painted, getting the desired color, the finished product should be primed. To do this, you can use acrylic primers of white color, sold in construction stores. You can make a primer according to the recipe of Elena herself:

• 1 part of white acrylic interior paint;
• 1 part of PVA glue;
• Water until a primer is obtained with a consistency of liquid sour cream.

Already the finished product is primed with a wide brush, the unpainted small areas are then further passed by a small brush. During priming and staining, the finished product should not be strongly wetted, otherwise it will fall apart. After priming a wicker thing, you need to let it dry thoroughly. Then it is painted and decorated if desired. It is convenient to use napkins for decoupage, because they easily fall on any substrate, including the wicker surface.

Weaving from newspaper tubes (paper vines) - entertaining creativity. It is suitable even for children, because it does not require sharp objects, needles, and the process of interlacing small elements develops the motor skills of the hands, which is so important in childhood. However, adults are no less attracted to this kind of creativity. As, for example, Elena Tishchenko.

Little is known about the biography of this craftsman. Do not post on the Internet Elena and your photos. Users can admire only her works. She prefers not to talk about herself, but to show her works and teach others about this craft. Weaving from a paper vine is an affordable form of creativity, it can be an exciting activity in your spare time, and can become the basis of all life.