Decopatch

[Rentochops]

I keep seeing ads for this - it seems to be actually what decoupage really is in the true sense of the word - i.e using scraps to adorn household items - has anyone tried this?

[Wellington]

I've just googled it cos I hadn't heard of it - coo! You can even buy the papier mache objects to decorate. You're right though ROC, it's the original, Victorian decoupage. I suppose these days it'd be more thought of as Altered Arts (I just found a phone that's been decopatched)

[Winspiration]

Hmm now you mention it, I have seen a large (i.e. about 5 foot tall) giraffe being decopatched in the past, I think at a craft trade show.

It did look good, but the giraffe (and other knick knacks) quota in this house has already been filled :D

[Rainbowwand]

Decopatch is what i used for the box in July's card swap, and yes our craft shop had a large giraffe that had been decopatched too :)

[Rentochops]

I will have a look RW - so it's true decoupage then as opposed to 3D pictures!

[gill71]

It's something I keep wanting to try. I've got a book on it and it always looks beautiful.

[Anne]

We sell Decopatch in the shop. :) You can get some stunning papers.

[Julie]

I keep seeing ads for this - it seems to be actually what decoupage really is in the true sense of the word - i.e using scraps to adorn household items - has anyone tried this?

I used to decoupage furniture years ago, it is what decoupage originally was.

You paint a blank surface then add your paper scraps, then do layer and layer of varnish, rubbing them back between layers to get a 3d effect.

I was really confused when I saw the QVC version, think this has all been made up in the last 15 yrs !!

[turquoise]

I love the idea of the vicotian scrap screens that they used to do. I would love to do a project like that but I stick to photoframes and nice papers.

[princessarty]

I get all my Decopatch bits from artyfect.com/decopatch-supplies

Good website, they do one hell of a lot of products!

[fabyon]

It's a French company and I met the director at Stitch & Craft this year. The paper is very flimsy so to absorb the glue/varnish once dry the colours are very vibrant. I've written about that meeting with the decopatch lady on craft critique : http://www.craftcritique.com/2010/04/event-review-stitch-craft-uk.html

Decopatch is the last bit on the article. I bought some glue years back but it's a bit cold sensitive and didn't have the right consistency so the year before I met another independent supplier and told him about my concern that it seemed a bit too tacky once dry. He gave me another bottle and that one worked perfectly giving a lovely matt finish with a subtle sheen. I tend to use it with very flimsy paper over some cardstock to give it rigidity like I did on this oriental card (http://orientalcardmaking.blogspot.com/2009/11/red-and-gold-dragon-card-with-oriental.html).

[craftycat]

Wow Fab, where did you find that lovely peeloff dragon?

[angela]

How scary, I'm doing decopatch at the moment, I've covered several of the Ikea pine mirrors, I did a pink oriental one for my mum, a zebra one, and covered a wood bracelet with the zebra print, I'm doing a union jack/london one at the mo for hubby. I tend to get them at craft fairs, my friend has covered allsorts with hers, plantpots, trays etc, it's very relaxing.

[fabyon]

Wow Fab, where did you find that lovely peeloff dragon?

I have a big box where all the oriental kits I get end up in....I think it was a QVC kit I bought many moons ago which had that dragon.

[morgana123]

There was a stall at summer crafting which I briefly stopped at as they had some beautiful mdf letters and words which were decopatched so I took their card so I could order from the internet as I just couldnt physically carry any more and blow me, the site is there but there are no prices on it at all. So glad I have found this thread as I had no idea where else I could get the papers and the adhesives.

[angela]

I've just brought some pebbles back from hols to Decopatch, I'm off to SCC on saturday so going to get some more papers to use for the pebbles, I'm also doing another mirror for hubbies birthday with union jack and london memorabilia on it.

[Ejay]

Funny how new terms are invented for old crafts as modern methods take on the old name. I have not heard the term decopatch before. Decoupage to me was taking printed napkins, peeling apart the layers and using mod podge to apply to furniture, candles etc. and then varnishing/crackle glazing.
3D decoupage was using five or six identical prints and cutting ( with a knife), shaping, overlapping and layering to bring out the front of the image. It took hours and was so rewarding. Then came step by step where the images were pre-selected for you, the paper already glossy, it was quick and easy , does make good toppers, but has lost the shaping and overlapping and the old style crafting skill and technique is rarely seen or taught anymore.
Now we have pre-cut by machine, pop out and stick ...

[Ribbons]

I had a go at some decopatch when I went to the Stitch and Craft show at Olympia a couple of weeks ago, the stand attracted me because of the wonderful colours. Here are some photos I took of the stand. The elephant was a large model they were working on during the show. I bought lots of paper, and cat and a westie to decopatch, haven't got round to starting yet though.

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[babafang]

I also thought this was called decoupage - I believe it was done by the common people during Victorian times to cover old furniture etc... but I think it's wonderful. Of course, now all I could find on the subject was the 3D type of layering of images. However, I did come across the Decopatch stuff at a local Craft shop (Ely) and she stocks papers and the figures. I'm sitting staring at one my daughter and I did together (small dinosaur). I have also used the napkins/tissues, which give a different effect, and covered shapes, etc. I thought I might use the technique on box files and folders to keep my paperwork in and also for a chest of drawers that need a makeover - perhaps just cover the drawer fonts and replace the boring handles with some glass or porcelain ones....... Nice to see that others also enjoy this craft art - I've never been to a craft show, which is very sad indeed - but I don't get the time to go down to London - it's a loooong way on the train from Ely!
x

[Fenpeper]

I did 'decopatch' a couple of blocks of wood a couple of summers ago using images printed for the purpose, beginning with 'm', used to sell them on C&C, can't remember what they're called. Anyway, they worked well as pieces of art! x

Mamelok images!! Thats what they're called. xx

[von 2]

I did a class on this years ago. They called it decoupage. You painted a papier mache box with emulsion, let it dry, stuck any old picture you liked on & then brushed on PVA glue over the whole of the top of the box , keep brushing on layers of PVA letting it dry thoroughly in between coats until the design looks completely flat and part of the box - I didn't explain that very well but hopefully you know what I mean - I can't remember if the PVA was watered down. You also need to keep it covered while drying as any dust/tiny hairs will stick & spoil the effect.

[babafang]

That's it! I've seen it done only the once and it's something I thought looked amazing! I do not remember the lady who did this - I'm still new to the crafting demonstrators and people - But they are people just like us, who love to craft, in which medium they choose :-) And that is one of the things that I enjoy about meeting and talking to people - oh and I just love it when you get guests or presenters on C&C that obviously love what they do! (and even make the usual human errors we all do - I LOVE that cos then I don't feel such an idiot!!) But I've gone of on a tangent......!!!!!

I have seen the big letters that have been decoupaged and I believe now I think, that Deco-patch is the name of the company??? Either way, it's also great fun to do x

[keiko1]

Hobby craft has just opened in Orpington and one of the staff was decopatch(ing) a 3 ft high giraffe!
I bought mine from Lexcrafts at a show beginning of last year and made three or four pressies and still have enough papers and glue over to do at least four more...If you have a Hobbycraft near you they may well also be selling this. You can purchase the figurs (all shapes and sizes), papers and the glue seperatley or in a kit...

[babafang]

They've got a big horse in Tindalls in Ely that they're slowly deco patching and have started to supply the depatch stuff, which is nice. My girl had fun crafting together with me deco patching a little dinosaur figure