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  • Pergamano
  • From "DIY Crafts"
    episode DIC-202
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    Mary Oskamp demonstrates pergamano, a parchment-paper craft that Spanish nuns developed in the 16th century.

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    Figure A

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    Figure B

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    Oskamp says doing pergamano is like doing fine embroidery: it's easy to do, but to get good you have to practice.

    Materials:

    Patterns with instructions (your choice)
    Thick parchment paper
    Tape
    Ruler
    White pencil
    Tracing pen
    White Tinta ink
    Embossing pad
    Embossing tool
    Felt pad
    Scissors or a single- or double-needle tool (your choice)
    Optional: pastel color pens and tissue

    1. Place the parchment paper on top of the pattern of your choice and tape it down so it won't move during the tracing process.

    2. Use a ruler to mark the outline of the pattern with a white pencil. This will be your folding line.

    3. Dip the tracing pen into the white Tinta ink and trace along the outline of the entire pattern (figure A).

    4. Turn the traced outline parchment paper upside down and place on an embossing pad.

    5. Rub the design with an embossing tool (figure B) -- the embossing tool is used as a burnishing tool. This technique will "raise" the design on the parchment paper when you turn it back over.

    6. Remember to go by the instructions that are given with the pattern you chose.

    7. Fold the card together and cut the excess paper with scissors or a single- or double-needle tool. Note: Be sure to place the parchment card on a felt pad before using either needle tool.

    8. If you use a needle tool, simply punch holes around the design, then push down on the excess paper with your thumb to tear the paper away.

    9. If color is desired, use pastel color pens on the back of the design, then roll up a tissue and rub it out. This creates a subtle color on the front. Also, you can use the embossing tool to create some lines or a design on the colored portion of the card.

    Products: All products can be found at a crafts store. Be sure to ask for "thick" parchment paper.


    RESOURCES :
    Pergamano kits and inks, tools and instruction books
    Ecstasy Crafts
    Watertown, NY 13601
    Phone: 613-968-4271
    Fax: 613-968-7876
    Email: info@ecstasycrafts.com
    Website: www.ecstasycrafts.com

    Pergamano Parchment Craft (Step-by-Step Crafts)
    Model: 1589230205
    Author: Martha Ospina
    (January, 2002)


    Creative Publishing International, Inc.
    Website: www.creativepub.com


    GUESTS :
    Mary Oskamp
    PO Box 525
    Watertown, NY 13601
    Phone: 613-968-4271
    Tollfree Phone: 888-288-7131
    Fax: 613-968-7876
    Email: info@ecstasycrafts.com
    Website: www.ecstasycrafts.com
    Creative Designer and Owner, Ecstasy Crafts

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