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Article: Rice paper table-toppers. (table ornaments made of rice paper)
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- March 1, 1998
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Four handsome accessories to make from textured rice paper
The subtle patterns and muted colors of rice paper give an understated elegance to four table decorations designed, by Francoise Kirkman. Each of the items - a shallow bowl, leaf-shaped and rectangular place mats, and simple napkin rings - was created from one or two sheets of rice paper and common household materials like white glue and canvas.
Today's rice paper provides a rainbow of choices in color and texture. Some sheets contain strands of cotton and wool fibers, bits of leaves, flecks of flower petals, wood shavings, or pieces of fibrous bark. The papers can be lightweight and diaphanous, or ...