Chris's work blog

Decoupage is the art of cutting out different shapes and stacking them up to give it depth and the illusion of coming our and the viewer. Choosing the technique to use the word decoupage comes from Middle French "decouper", meaning to cut out or cut from something it originated in French but has been used all over the world for example in east Siberia where they decorated the tombs with bits of cut up felt. They also did it in Florence Italy where they would create biblical scenes and ship them all over the world and sell them in markets. It is now commonly found in card making and decorating home furniture. There are to types of decoupage for example the pyramid where it is raised away from the base layer and reverse pyramid where it goes into the image.  

Choosing the technique to use Two coloured lenses image Lenticuler (two images displayed on two sides of folded card) Raising and lowering using foam backing Scratching into an image Stitching into a picture Creating a shape from the images and make it into a model Taking images Taking images of landscapes and close ups of flowers I did this to get some interesting patterns and colours into my final piece I walked round a country park and took images of lots of interesting views and colours. Creating the 3D image I printed out 5 of the same images the stuck the first of a piece of card to make it stronger I also cut out different sections of the image to layer on top of the images. I then used small pieces of foam backing to raise it above the other part of the image and I then repeated it with the others till it built up a multi layered 3D image.