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unusual facts about Papier-mâché Tiara


Papier-mâché Tiara

In 1798, Pope Pius's predecessor Pope Pius VI had been forced into exile when French troops invaded the Vatican and stole or destroyed all the ancient papal tiaras owned by the Holy See.


Culture of Martinique

Martinique's version of Carnival, is a four day event beginning just before Lent and ending on its first day, with the burning of Vaval, a papier-mâché figure symbolizing Carnival.

DJP

Union of Printing, Journalism, and Paper (Gewerkschaft Druck, Journalismus, Papier) in Austria

Frescography

The Frescography is based on a similar technique as the woodblock printing method of the French Papier Peints wallpapers, used by manufacturers like Zuber et cie or Joseph Dufour et Cie who began developing the procedure during the end of the 18th century.

Isabel Bacardit

On request of the cultural centre Las Condes of Santiago de Chile she builds a large scale sculpture out of papier-mache and acrylics: "Bird Woman" which is dedicated to the flamenco dancer Carmen Amaya.

Jennens

Aaron Jennens - Jennens and Bettridge aka Aaron Jennens and T.H. Bettridge (fl. 1815–1864) were highly regarded for producing quality papier-mâché wares.

Jennens and Bettridge aka Aaron Jennens and T.H. Bettridge (fl. 1815-1864) were highly regarded for producing quality papier-mâché wares.

Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux

In 1820 he visited the papier-mâché workshop of Francois Ameline and later (1827) set up a workshop making very accurate human and veterinary anatomical models in his Normandy birthplace Saint-Aubin-d'Écrosville.

Papier d'Arménie

The "alchemy" inherent in Papier d'Arménie became a huge success with the emerging importance of hygiene from 1888–1889, and has been steadily produced in Montrouge, France since 1885.

Peter Firmin

Charlotte is also an illustrator; as is Hannah, known for her book jacket illustrations for Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series; Josie, who runs hand-painted china shops in London and Canterbury; Katy,who works for a farmers' cooperative in Faversham, Lucy,a pattern-cutter for fashion houses in Italy and Emily, the youngest, who appeared in the opening sequence of Bagpuss, and is a papier mache artist and printmaker living in Whitstable.

Ulice jak stygmaty – absolutne rarytasy

This CD contains new versions of old Pidzama's songs, also some songs which had not been written by Grabaż – "Nimfy (Baby)" by the words of Anatol Stern, "Dłoń, która podpisała papier" – by the words of Dylan Thomas (translated by poet Stanisław Barańczak) and "Outsider" – a song originally made by T.Love, written by Muniek Staszczyk, personally a friend of Krzysztof "Grabaz" Grabowski.

Yves Lapierre

He also composed music for several Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television dramas; including the Guy Fournier TV serials Jamais deux sans toi (1977–80) and L'Or et le papier (1988-9) and Lise Payette's La Bonne aventure.


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