Decoupage – Is the art of decorating objects by gluing coloured paper cut outs then covering them with layers of varnish. The word decopauge comes from the French and means cutting up or cut out, it was used as far back as the Victorians. It can be used many ways to personalise many items. they may be an item of furniture or something simple like a box. You can use a variety of materials for your cut outs, although you can buy them ready to use, you could simply use images from magazines, wrapping paper, paper napkins, old greetings cards to name but a few. Traditionally decopauge requires you to glue the paper in place and then add multiple layers of varnish sanding between coats to achieve a smooth finish.
Decopatch – Is a modern version of decopauge. Decopatch papers are thinner so do not require lots of layers of varnish to achieve a smooth finish and quite often the type of glue used does the job of holding the paper in place and then to give a final finished top coat, they are usually a multi purpose water based product.
I like many people it seems are often confused by whether to say that you decopauge or decopatch, so I hope my brief explanation of both will help.
I have added some examples of my decopatch work I have made for you to take a look at.
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