Paintings from scraps of fabric on polystyrene foam. Kinusaiga for beginners: technology for creating paintings. History of Kinusaiga technique

Kinusaiga is a Japanese type of creativity, which consists in creating bright and original paintings from fabric flaps without using a needle. This type of creativity is quite simple, however, to make paintings from fabric pieces, you need to know a certain technology for attaching them.

Kinusaiga is a Japanese type of creativity, which consists in creating bright and original paintings from fabric flaps without using a needle.

History says that modern patchwork, as well as Japanese needlework kinusaiga, developed under the influence of economy. The process of emergence of this type of creativity is due to Japan. Previously, such patchwork embroidery was made on the basis of silk left over from a worn kimono. Since only expensive fabric was used for sewing a kimono, after this garment was worn out, it was reshaped, and the remaining pieces were used to create paintings that decorated the house.

Previously, wooden planks served as the basis for creating paintings. The needlewomen drew a sketch on paper, and then transferred it to a tree using a copying canvas. Further, slits were made along the contour of the image, into which silk pieces of fabric were tucked. In the process of creating a patchwork masterpiece, bright shiny volumetric objects were obtained on the basis.

The most popular kinusaigi plots among the Japanese were:

• landscapes;
• geometric patterns;
• architecture image.

It is interesting that the skills of the Japanese were enough to create canvases from the smallest patches so that they looked more like a pictorial work of art or even a photograph.

Gallery: kinusaiga (25 photos)

Kinusaiga: ideas for creativity (video)

Patchwork without a needle: description and technique of modern needlework

Kinusaiga has retained its performance technique since ancient times. To create a picture, it is necessary to impose an ornament of patches on a flat or voluminous substrate, the edges of which should be carefully tucked into the prepared slots (grooves) in the base.

In European countries, kinusaiga is also called a patchwork without a needle. This art has several distinctive features:

• finished products can be not only decorative, but also applied, for example, patchwork is often used to decorate boxes, key holders, Christmas decorations;
• in the creation of any object, various fabric trimmings can be used, the interaction of which creates an interesting play of textures;
• in modern patchwork, in addition to flaps, various laces, ribbons, and decorative elements can be used.

Materials required for needlework

To create a panel using the kinusaiga or patchwork technique without a needle, you will need the following materials:

• foam base in sheets 1-1.5 centimeters thick;
• shreds of fabric of various textures and colors;
• ribbons, braid, decorative cords, buttons, lace and other decorative elements that are suitable for decorating a future picture;
• sharp scissors;
• soft pencil;
• sewing chalk or fabric marker;
• stationery knife;
• carbon paper, which corresponds in size to the future picture;
• stack.

It is also advisable to prepare a sketch of the future picture before starting work.

Image technique

To make the first painting in the kinusaiga technique, you need to choose a simple motif, consisting of understandable shapes and color relationships. If creating a sketch turned out to be a rather difficult stage for beginners, you can find ready-made schemes or templates before starting work. The sketch is drawn at 100% scale, corresponding to the size of the future picture. Further, the general forms are divided into several parts, each of which will have a separate piece of shred.

One of the most important stages of working on a sketch is the distribution of color spots. This step is mandatory for beginners, because if some colors are mixed up during the work, their replacement will take a lot of time.

After the sketch is completely ready, you can begin the main work on creating crafts:

1. Next, the sketch is transferred to the foam using carbon paper.
2. Along the transferred lines, with the help of a clerical knife, cuts are made on the foam with a depth of 3-4 millimeters. At this stage, it is necessary to ensure that all the cut lines are even, otherwise the picture will take on curves that are unpleasant to look at.
3. After the base with slots is completely ready, you need to return to the sketch, which must be cut into pieces along the drawn lines.
4. Then each paper piece is applied to the fabric of the desired color, circled with an allowance of 2-3 millimeters. After all the pieces are distributed, they must be carefully cut.
5. Next, the resulting shreds are stacked in turn in their places on the foam, and their edges are carefully tucked into the grooves using a stack.
6. After all the shreds have been distributed over the picture, you can start decorating it. Most often, decorative elements fit into those places of the image in which the groove is located. Such processing avoids the appearance of ugly joints of fabrics.
7. If there is a desire to fix all the patches, before filling them into the grooves, it is necessary to lubricate the edges with PVA glue.

Many needlewomen prefer to make without a needle. Basically, this technique is used when depicting flowers. To do this, under the desired piece of fabric, you need to put a cotton pad or synthetic winterizer in one layer, and only then fill the edges of the material into the grooves.

Do-it-yourself paintings from scraps of fabric on polystyrene foam: work templates

In the kinusaiga technique, there is no limitation in topics, therefore, absolutely any drawing in which all forms have a closed structure can be taken as a template.

The most popular templates for the following topics:

• fruits;
• still lifes;
• images of human figures;
• portrait images;
• scenes of festivities;
• household scenes;
• animals;
• flowers;
• dolls;
• landscapes.

Each template is a linear representation of the objects in the picture without drawing the smallest details.

Kinusaiga: flower (video)

Kinusaiga: master class for beginners "Patchwork house"

To create a patchwork-style house, you need the list of tools and materials already described above. Once prepared, follow step by step recommendations, which gives a master class.

1. First of all, stencils with the image of the house are selected, which must be printed or redrawn on a piece of paper on their own. If the diagrams were printed out, they need to be enlarged to the required dimensions, and if they were drawn, it makes sense to immediately draw a picture in the right proportions.
2. Next, carbon paper is applied to a sheet of foam plastic with a thickness of at least 1 centimeter, and a drawing of the building is placed on top of it. The image is transferred to the foam, and then outlined with a felt-tip pen or marker.
3. If there is a desire to frame a picture made by oneself in a frame, the image should be placed at a distance of 5-6 centimeters from the edges of the base.
4. After the image of the house is completely applied to the base, the foam is carefully cut along its contour to a depth of about 4 millimeters. At this stage, care must be taken not to form a through hole or a break in the foam. All lines should end without reaching 2-4 centimeters to the frame.
5. Next, you need to choose a fabric for needlework. The best option for a patchwork that does not involve the use of needles is cotton fabric. In addition, this material will be able to emphasize the geometric correctness of the constructed drawing of the house. Cotton is also easy to process. If cotton fabric is not available, you can use knitwear.

Work on the canvas

After the base is fully prepared, and the fabric is selected, you can proceed directly to work with the flaps.

1. The first step is to prepare shreds of the desired size and color. Since the depicted house has many similar details, in order not to get confused in them, you will need to make 1 more sketch, which can be much smaller. Each closed area of ​​the image is marked with a certain sign or number on both thumbnails. After all the pieces of the image are marked, the large sketch needs to be carefully cut into separate shapes.
2. Each figure is transferred to the fabric of the desired shade, and then cut out with an edge of 2-3 millimeters left for an allowance. After everything geometric figures, of which the house consists, will be cut out, you can start embroidering.
3. In accordance with the marks on the small sketch, each patch is placed on the desired area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe base. The left allowance is carefully processed with PVA glue and tucked into the grooves using a stack. In the absence of a stack, you can use a nail file. If any pieces of fabric do not fully push through, they should be cut with nail scissors.
4. The whole picture is embroidered according to a similar principle.

In order to make a frame, you should lay the material in the cuts made in advance along the edge, and then fix it along the edges with the help of buttons in the form of carnations.

Kinusaiga: master class (video)

TOTAL

The patchwork technique itself involves the sewing of various products from patches of squares, with which you can create a whole picture from the material. This technique has been going on since ancient times, and it is considered folk - decorative methods for making household items and everyday life. If you perform a patchwork without a needle, this is already, it has a literal translation from Japanese, like "so many". What are such products? The kinusaiga technique involves the production of paintings not from silk or even from batik - this is something completely unusual and unforgettable.

Execution of the patchwork technique without a needle on foam

In the original version, the patchwork technique without a needle, the drawing is transferred to a wooden board, using a special stick, it is necessary to do this so that the outline is in the form of small grooves or grooves. Further, the Japanese took real silk fabric from an old kimono and cut out shreds that matched the color of the picture, and laid the edges of the material into the previously obtained grooves.
The needleless patchwork technique helps to create "works of art", admiring which creates the feeling of not just a picture, but a three-dimensional 3D model.

In our case, not a wooden board will be used, but a simple foam sheet, and the main elements will be multi-colored ribbons and fantasy. First you need to choose on the Internet or, if possible, draw a picture yourself, a photograph that you would like to see on your wall in a frame, then transfer this fragment from a leaf to a foam sheet with a pencil, or, possibly, using a carbon paper, and then already lay out a picture with pieces of matter that are suitable in color and shade.

Patchwork without a needle, although it does not require special training, nevertheless, it is still worth having some knowledge, and you also need to have some tools and materials on hand.

Necessary materials and tools

• a sheet of foam, which will fit in size according to the dimensions of the picture you have chosen, you can take for this packaging foam, for example, from under the refrigerator or TV, and cut it with a clerical knife to the size you need. You should NOT take a very thick foam, it will be quite inconvenient to work, the most optimal would be a sheet with a thickness of 3-4 mm.
• Further, depending on the picture, on the photograph you have chosen, a patchwork without a needle involves the use of patches of matter. Often they use cotton fabric, it is the easiest to process, but for lack of use any. Knitwear is also well suited, it has a high level of elasticity and is quite easy to work with.
  For the first time, any old thing is perfect, even if you don’t wear them, they will serve the benefit of art.
• For needlework patchwork without a needle, you need scissors and small scissors, best rounded (you can take manicure ones) - we will need them in order to cut the rest of the fabric along the contour;
• prepare a scalpel or cutter (cutter) in order to be able to transfer the picture onto a sheet of foam (foam punching);
• iron, thin nail file, in order to fill the material into the foam.
• PVA glue.

So, a little inspired and ready to get to work - a patchwork without a needle!

Master class on creating a picture using the patchwork technique without a needle

We pick up the drawing or photo that you have chosen and using a felt-tip pen (or carbon paper) we transfer the outline of the drawing onto the foam plastic, actually making the borders of our picture.

Also note that a frame will be placed on the foam, so the drawing itself must be translated at a distance of 5-6 mm from the edge of the foam.

Now, like in the movie: “Sister, scalpel. . .". We take the prepared scalpel or cutter slightly, gently squeeze the foam, along the contour of the picture that you have just translated. But in no case do not allow a through hole or a break in the base.

Patchwork technique, which will be performed on polystyrene, it is recommended to use PVA, it is necessary to coat your drawing with a light layer.

Take the shreds in your hand that fit your masterpiece, apply them to one of the fragments of the picture and carefully tuck the pieces of fabric into the pressed contours with a nail file, if there are remnants of the shred, it is best to cut it with nail scissors.

And thus, select the color of each fragment of your picture and perform the above steps.

Any such picture in style will acquire the missing “shine”, there is only one stroke left - a beautiful frame, for the manufacture of which it is necessary to prepare a piece of fabric and make cuts in the originally left place. Now, just as before, lay the fabric along the contour of the frame in specially made slots, make it in the form of a frame. If it will be easier for you, such a frame can be made at the very beginning of work.

A patchwork without a needle looks quite original and unusual, which does not require any specialized tools and does not take a lot of time and effort. It will be interesting for both adults and children of senior school age.

The author is Nadezhda-Esperanza. This is a quote from this post.

PATCHWORK WITHOUT A NEEDLE - KINUSAYGA, MK + video (a lot of photos)

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Panel "Tulips" in the technique of "patchwork without a needle" / fragment 1 /

Panel "Tulips" in the technique of "patchwork without a needle" / fragment 2 /

Egg from the Faberge series. Technique "patchwork without a needle" or inlaid fabric on foam. Fabric, sequins, beads, pins, soutache.

Christmas balls. "Patchwork without a needle". Fabric, decorations.

The procedure for inlaying a figurine made of foam plastic with a cloth: drawing, cutting, inlay.

Author's text natalisoler: The photo above shows my work in the technique of "patchwork without a needle" or "fabric inlay on foam". In order not to "reinvent the wheel", here is a master class taken from the book "Patchwork sin aguja" / my translation /, which I used when I studied and applied this technique.

This is a fragment of the "Tropics" panel. The panel is made using the "patchwork without a needle" technique. Here, by the way, you can see the difference from the technique of working on cardboard-mousse: there is no cushioning fabric, so the panel is flatter.

On the picture: necessary tools and materials
FOR BEGINNERS:
- a piece of foam plastic of the right size / I took foam plastic - packaging from under the TV /. Recommended thickness 3 cm;
-pieces of fabric./ In classic patchwork, cotton fabric is mainly used, but any fabric can be used in this technique. In the panel "Tulips" / see. the first photos / I, for example, used knitted fabric: it is elastic and easy to work with. Even outdated underwear came in handy, tricotine dresses were used, etc. /;
- "tools": scissors and scissors rounded for cutting excess fabric; scalpel or cutter for cutting through foam; nail file - for stuffing fabric into foam ... And your desire!
WORK ORDER: choose the drawing you like / good drawings for stained-glass windows! /, transfer it to the foam sheet with a felt-tip pen; do not forget to step back from the edges of the foam by 5-6 cm - this is the future frame of your product.
- Using a scalpel / cutter / cut through the foam along the contours of the picture to a depth of 0.5 mm: do not overdo it so as not to cut through the foam!
- Using an old nail file, fill in pieces of fabric of the desired size in accordance with the pattern. Cut off excess fabric with round scissors. So all fragments of the picture are filled! /The whole process is visible in the photo below/


This photo shows how to make a frame. The base is cardboard strips, bent in the form of a frame. It is also made of fabric. I make it simpler: I drape with the fabric that I chose for the frame the very remaining 5-6 cm along the edges of the main pattern, for bulk I put strips of interlining along the contours of the future frame. You can put it in an ordinary frame, it's a matter of taste. The photo below is an example of a panel in a fabric frame.

It's like a double border.
I give a diagram for this panel, for beginners this work is just right!

As you can see, the basket consists of triangles, the background is made of rectangles, flowers are gathered fabric, button decorations, lace, etc. The frame is the same rectangles. Why not give it a try - a nice Easter gift! The procedure for working with foam figures is the same ...
Everything is very simple and exciting, believe me!
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A very beautiful panel using the "patchwork mosaic" technique can be made without a needle and glue. This type of creativity will be interesting for both adults and children of senior school age, since you can choose a drawing of any complexity.
To make a panel, you need a piece of foam, fabric (shreds), scissors, a mock-up knife (scalpel, clerical knife) to make cuts in the foam, a tool (for example, a nail file) for stuffing fabric into foam, drawing, carbon paper.
What do we have to do:
1) choose the picture you like
2) transfer it to a sheet of foam using carbon paper
3) with a knife, make cuts along the contour of the pattern with a depth of 2-3 mm.
4) fill the prepared shreds with a sharp tool in the slot. Fill the whole picture with shreds.
Such a panel looks impressive if it is in a frame. For the frame you need a large piece of fabric. Step back 5 cm from the edge of the foam (frame width) and make cuts. Lay the styrofoam on the wrong side of the fabric and tuck the edges into the slots. Cut off the excess.
Look at the work of the masters, get inspired.

today I discovered a stunningly interesting decoration technique

Do you know that origami, kusudama and tsumami kanzashi are far from all types of needlework presented to us by Japanese masters? They have, for example, a completely unusual the art of creating pictures from silk shreds. A sort of patchwork without a needle! And such a stunning type of needlework is called “kinusaiga”. And how European craftswomen managed to interpret this Japanese needlework - you just wonder! But first things first…

Kinusaiga as art

Like the English patchwork kinusaiga is the result of the ability to save, this is art from the category of "need for invention is cunning." And if European patchwork appeared due to the high cost of Indian chintz, then the high cost of kimono silk contributed to the emergence of kinusaiga. The hereditary kimono was never thrown away, but was torn open and other, smaller products called komono were made from the fabric. The remaining patches also went into business - they were used to “paint” pictures on wood.

First, a sketch was made on paper, and then the drawing was transferred to a wooden board-canvas. Deepenings were cut along the contour of the drawing, and after that, with silk patches, like pictures were painted with paints. That is, the flaps were applied to the elements of the pattern, tucking the edges of the fabric into the cut grooves. Thanks to the scrupulous selection of colors and shades of silk, as well as the volume of the resulting image, the paintings came out stunningly beautiful, similar to a painting, batik and photography at the same time. This is such wonderful art!

Patchwork without a needle

In the European version, the art of kinusaiga is more applied. We call it “patchwork without a needle”, because it is used not only for “picturesque” paintings and colorful panels, but also for decorating various household items, as well as for souvenir crafts. This technique is still quite young, but it already has its adherents and even managed to get the professional name "incrustation method in patchwork".

The technology is based on the application. Here, as well as in kinusaig, fabric flaps are superimposed on a flat or voluminous surface, their edges are tucked into pre-made slots-grooves, and as a result, some kind of pattern is obtained. In order to decorate the work in the "patchwork without a needle" technique, they are decorated with braid, cords and ribbons.

What is a needleless patchwork used for? First of all, this is all kinds of panels and pictures that serve as interior decoration. Caskets, boxes, covers of albums, notebooks and books are decorated with such an application. This technique has become very widespread in the field of making souvenir Easter eggs, Christmas decorations, valentines. And a patchwork without a needle is used to decorate lampshades and even furniture. How exactly do they do it?

Materials and tools

To work in this technique, you will need, first of all, foam blanks. Flat sheets can be cut from packaging containers, and voluminous (with a flat surface) can be purchased at specialized needlework stores. Actually foam and serves as the basis for working in this technique. It is on it that a drawing is applied, contour cuts are made on it, and multi-colored patches are superimposed on it.

Naturally, for work you will need a variety of fabrics. Anything can come into play. Suitable silk, velvet, chintz, velor, satin, wool (and so on). The sizes and colors of the flaps can also be anything - it all depends on your idea and on the drawing. In addition to fabrics, you will need braid and ribbons of any width, texture and color, as well as cords and, possibly, beads, buttons or rhinestones. Some craftswomen use pins with heads in the form of pearls and beads to decorate bulky products.

Tools needed for this technique:

1. fabric scissors,
2. PVA glue, with which the fabric will be glued to the surface of the foam,
3. drawing pencil,
4. stationery knife for cutting out the contours of the picture,
5. stack (or any similar tool) for tucking the edges of the fabric into the slit.

Work technique

Having prepared materials and tools, you can proceed directly to the manufacturing process. What kind of product you conceived is not important. The technique for making flat paintings and voluminous souvenirs is the same. For example, you are going to make a souvenir Easter Egg. To do this, draw a sketch, defining the pattern and colors. However, it is not necessary to draw, you can experiment right along the way.

So, take a foam blank in the shape of an egg and draw the borders of the drawing on it with a pencil: it is best to divide the egg into sectors with meridian lines radiating from the center of the sharp end of the egg and connecting in the center of the blunt end. Then cut out from the fabric (preferably shiny silk or satin) patches in the shape of sectors, but a little larger. By the way, you can use wide satin ribbons, which are simply cut into pieces of the desired length.

Then put the first flap on the workpiece, securing its end to the top of the egg with a pin. And after that, carefully tuck the edges of the flap into the slots on the foam, slightly stretching and straightening the fabric - one sector is “painted over”. In the same way, close all other parts. Having covered the entire shape with patches, decorate the slots with a beautiful braid, putting it on glue, and decorate the egg with beads and rhinestones. That's all!

By the way, the technique of decorating volumetric forms may be somewhat different. To do this, you do not need to make cuts in the workpiece, but overlap the flaps on it, tucking the edges of the fabric and securing it with pins. As for paintings and panels, they are performed using the first method, that is, cutting through the contours of the picture. But for such a product, a frame is also required.

When making a rectangular frame, a large piece of fabric is cut out, the dimensions of which on each side are about five centimeters larger than the picture itself. Then the fabric is placed face down on the table, and the picture is laid on it. Along the edge of the picture, slits are made along the borders of the frame and, wrapping the free edges of the fabric onto the picture, they are tucked into the slits. For the durability of the images, you can “plant” the flaps on glue or glue only the slots with glue. And for the relief of the pattern, you can put a synthetic winterizer under the flaps of fabric, which also needs to be pre-fixed on the foam with glue.

This is such a surprisingly simple technique and an original way of making souvenirs. Patchwork without a needle will completely satisfy your needs for creativity, even if you do not know how and do not like to sew, but are a fan of patchwork. Create, create and enjoy the process and the result!

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Master class "Fabric panels on polystyrene"

Wall panel "Puss in Boots"

The progenitor of the foam application technique is Japanese art.
Culture, art, traditions of Japan never cease to amaze and delight us to this day.
What the inventive and incredibly sensitive to the beauty of the Japanese did not come up with! And here is another amazing phenomenon: patchwork paintings - the so-called kinusaiga.
Kinusaiga is a kind of synthesis of several techniques. This is, firstly, the application technique, secondly (it was this technique that gave reason to call kinusaiga patchwork paintings), thirdly, mosaic, fourthly ... wood carving.
In other words, kinusaiga is a technique of mosaic patchwork application on a tree.
Kinusaiga is an artistic genre that arose, so to speak, on the basis of economy. Or rather, Japanese frugality. It was originally a way to "recycle" old worn-out kimonos. Kimono silk is an expensive and beautiful fabric, I wanted to come up with a “second life” for it. And they came up with!

Patchwork pictures of kinusaiga are created like this. Firstly, the draft of the future patchwork picture is drawn on paper. All lines are transferred to the tree. And along these lines, grooves-grooves 2 mm deep are cut in the tree.

Then the paper picture is painted - each fragment is a certain color. These fragments are numbered (both on paper and on wood), and according to the shape of each piece of fabric, exactly the same piece of the same color is cut out, only a little more. The technique of application on wood requires that a 1 mm allowance be left along the edges of each piece. This edge will tuck into the groove cut in the tree when the fragment itself is glued to the appropriate place.

Kinusaiga is a rather rare genre: not all Europeans who have visited Japan were lucky enough to look at patchwork paintings. But for those who manage to see them, they make an indelible impression.

Instead of wood, foam can be used as the basis for the panel. This greatly simplifies the process of getting the job done. And it allows even elementary school students to engage in this type of creativity. For the implementation of the panel, material costs are practically not required. For the base, you can use the remains of building foam. Well, for the "coloring" of our panels, unnecessary children's clothes or things that are out of fashion are suitable. It is better to use fabrics that stretch well.
Materials and tools:
Styrofoam
Scraps of fabric
Marker
Stationery knife
Nailfile

Panel making process

Prepare a piece of Styrofoam of the desired size. In this case - 80x50. The thickness of the foam is 3 cm. We use a clerical knife to cut the foam. We apply the drawing you like on the foam with a marker.

With a clerical knife, we make cuts along all the applied lines. We put forward the knife blade by 1-1.5 cm.

Well, now the fun begins! We take a flap of fabric larger than the area to be filled

Gently tuck the fabric into the prepared slots with a nail file.

We tuck the remaining fabric into the slots so that the edges are even. Some craftsmen recommend smearing the slots with glue for strength. It is absolutely not necessary to do this. If you do all the work correctly, the fabric will hold tight even without glue. In addition, it is much easier to work without glue, especially if children are involved in the work.