Decoupage research

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.