What Is Decoupage?

I am doing DECOUPAGE. When people heard this, they sure will ask "WHAT IS DECOUPAGE"?  I can tell you that DECOUPAGE can bring you FUN. I love decoupage. It is so personal.

Ok, what's so special about " Decoupage " ???

And what is Decoupage actually???

Decoupage = Cut ( from the French word )

Some people defined decoupage as an " art produced by decorating a surface with cut outs and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer ".

Basically, decoupage is the craft of decorating household objects, usually wooden furniture or papier-mache boxes, with pictures cut out of paper. It originated in the 18th century, to stimulate the beautiful, intricately hand painted lacquer items that were being imported at great expense from Asia, and early pieces are decorated with Asian art and themes.

Let us put this into a very simple way of explaination. If you can CUT and PASTE, you already know most of the techniques which involved in decoupage.

So simple as you cut out pictures, you glue the pictures onto an object, and then cover the object and pictures with a few coats of glue / decoupage medium ( any medium sized work ) to protect it. By looking at the finished object, you would think decoupage would be COMPLICATED but it isn't!!!

Sounds easy right?  Why not you start own decoupage today.

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