Paintings made from poplar fluff (28 works)

Making paintings from fluff is a cross between floristry, painting and needlework.

Most often this material is used to depict animals - puppies, kittens, tiger cubs, birds and other fluffy cuties. However, absolutely any subjects can be laid out from fluff, but first you need to make blanks of fluff.

To work you will need any fluff. The most important thing is that it is clean. It is collected from the tree along with the baskets. Then they are cleared of debris by combing. But you can also pick it up from asphalt. In any case, after this it must be cleaned of debris, leaves and dust by combing. To lay out the appliqué, you need to prepare the fluff. It can be whole or sliced depending on the plot you choose. The fluff is cut with scissors and placed in a jar.

Velvet paper is used for appliqué. It is best if it is black, then the work will turn out to be as contrasting as the graphics. This paper can be glued to a solid base.

In addition to the above, you will need fine tweezers to carefully place the fluff in place.

It is not recommended to draw a sketch on velvet with a pencil, as the fibers will be damaged. In order to transfer an image onto velvet, various techniques are used. As a rule, an existing drawing or photograph is converted using a photocopier or printer into a black and white image of the required size. Then carefully transfer the main contours of the design using yellow copy paper onto the velvet.

First you need to protect those places that are the darkest from accidental contact of fluff on the surface of the velvet. This is done using pieces of velvet. They are placed with the pile down so that they stick to the base.

Now you can start working. If the subject of the picture is an animal, then you need to lay out the eyes first, and then the rest of the details. Poplar fluff is carefully applied to the desired location and smoothed with your fingers so that it sticks to the velvet. After the picture is ready, the protective pieces of velvet can be removed and the picture placed in a frame under glass. Or you can simply fix the design with hairspray. The technology of applying poplar fluff is not very complicated; even children can learn it. And professional artists create real masterpieces from fluff.