Many people think you can recycle tissue paper in your paper recycling, but most municipal recycling programs ask that you do not put tissue paper in your bin. That’s because tissue paper is made from short fibers that are not great for making recycled materials. So what can you do with tissue paper?
You can listen to my podcast episode from February 2020 about how to creatively reuse tissue paper in this YouTube video:
Craft Ideas with Tissue Paper
This episode was inspired by my neighbor Gena who dyed tissue paper with food coloring to make the beautiful paper featured at the top of this blog. Here are a few more pieces of her wonderful art:
Flowers and Pompoms from Tissue Paper
- Martha Stewart pompoms and luminarias
- Martha Stewart crepe paper flowers
- Rust and Sunshine flowers
- Hanging Flower Garland
- Two Twenty One Pompoms
- Honeycomb PomPoms
Lia Griffith’s Art
Tissue paper flowers (all species)
“Bleeding” Tissue Paper – for Watercolor Effects
- Underwater effect with blue tissue paper by Cindy Rosier
- Draw with white crayon first
- Painting with tissue paper and snow
- Crafts by Amanda bird watercolor with tissue paper
Tissue Paper Suncatchers and Faux Stained Glass
Mexican-inspired Tissue Paper Crafts
Japanese-inspired Tissue Paper Crafts
Our Lanterns Inspired by Paul Klee’s Art
High school sculpture curriculum making 3-D sculptures from reeds and tissue paper – by Whitney Panetta
Artists Who Work with Tissue Paper
Maya Freelon Asante
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/maya-freelons-immersive-and-interactive-sculptures-bring-tissue-paper-life-180969427/
- https://www.mayafreelon.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/mayafreelon/
- https://vimeo.com/67599614
Frédéric Guibrunet and Sophie Mouton-Perrat – Papier à Êtres
- https://mymodernmet.com/papier-a-etres-lamps/
- https://www.papieraetres.com/creations/scultures-lumineuses/
- https://www.instagram.com/papieraetres/
Patricia Chemin
Eric Carle
Marcelo Jácome
- https://www.instagram.com/p/B05zOaHpjwd/,
- https://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/marcelo_jacome_paper.htm
Gabby O’Connor
- http://gabbyoconnor.squarespace.com/about
- https://www.instagram.com/studioantarctica/
- https://mymodernmet.com/gabby-oconnor-what-lies-beneath-iceberg-sculptures/
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