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Step 2Preparing the pieces
On its own, pepakura, even if printed on cardstock, isn't very suitable for papier mache, simply because the gooey papier mache strips will inevitably soak through the pieces, making it into one mushy, messy glob.
So we borrow a trick from origami - the tissue foil laminate. Or in this case, the paper-and-foil laminate. What we do is to first glue the pieces onto some foil wrapping paper, the sort that is metal foil on one side, and paper on the other. The metal foil is malleable, yet holds its shape even when wet papier mache is slopped onto it. This allows us to layer on the papier mache onto the pieces without everything falling to bits.
Use wrapping paper with thicker foil and paper layers.
If you can't find this kind of paper, you can make your own by gluing thick kitchen aluminium foil to some brown kraft paper.
So we borrow a trick from origami - the tissue foil laminate. Or in this case, the paper-and-foil laminate. What we do is to first glue the pieces onto some foil wrapping paper, the sort that is metal foil on one side, and paper on the other. The metal foil is malleable, yet holds its shape even when wet papier mache is slopped onto it. This allows us to layer on the papier mache onto the pieces without everything falling to bits.
Use wrapping paper with thicker foil and paper layers.
If you can't find this kind of paper, you can make your own by gluing thick kitchen aluminium foil to some brown kraft paper.
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