In a workshop in Indian-administered Kashmir, artisans sit in meditative silence, focusing only on their delicate grip and careful strokes of a paintbrush. The Muslim craftsmen here use an ancient art ...

Papier-mache art is a centuries-old craft that has been used for decorative purposes in various parts of the world, including the Middle East, Japan, China, and India, and now it is finding ...

The walls of the church-turned-gallery are adorned with bright-colored papier-mâché sweets and retro-futuristic televisions atop cardboard boxes. The new exhibit, “We Feed & Nourish Each Other,” was ...

The art further flourished during Zand and Qajar eras. In the beginning, it was related to the craft of making “Ghalamdaan” or pen holder cases, but it was gradually incorporated in applicable objects ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. This craft literally translates to “chewed paper” — a name that sounds much better in the original ...

Maqbool Jan, an artist from Srinagar's Lal Bazar area, has dedicated his life to perfecting the art of papier-mache (Paper Machie). Over the years, he has won several State, National, and ...

Muhammad Maqbool Jan at his Srinagar home and studio. He has won the National Award four times, and the UNESCO Seal of Excellence for Handicrafts in 2007-08. (Photo: Irfan Amin Malik) Muhammad Maqbool ...

Nearly 300 pounds of paper was cast in large holes in the ground before being flipped over to create the Agg Hab prototype home on a Texas ranch, which the designers claim is one of the "world's ...

When you think of papier-mâché, school art projects and carnival floats may come to mind, but a team of architects has used it to create something a bit more ambitious. The team mixed strips of ...

The Duchess of Cornwall found herself face to face with a papier mache model of own her head made by school pupils. And her husband the Prince of Wales was left in a fit of giggles after catching ...