unheard: Ball Making in Process - Paper Marche Texture

A documentation of designing the outer surface of the ball.

Experiment: Painting the surface using acrylic and water-based paint.

Painting a few layers of acrylic paint.

However, I find the texture isn't look nice as the surface is very uneven. Painting on it is actually making the uneven surface looks more obvious, instead of intentionally making it smoother. So, I went Online and search for inspirations on texture created by paper marche. Accidentally, I also discovered a Sweden artist who makes nice paper art: http://cecilialevy.blogspot.com/

Red, by Cecilia Levy, Sweden

Taken from Pinterest, original Website is down.

http://naindejardin.blogs.marieclaireidees.com/

http://www.prettylittlethings.typepad.com/

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From here, I realised that the essence of paper marche is on it's texture. Even if it is uneven, it can still look nice. So, instead of painting on it, I decided to paste scraps of paper onto the ball to create the rugged surface, and let texture of overlapping paper to deliver the message of social pressure.