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Decoupage

/ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ/

An art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated

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📖 Definitions of "Decoupage"

noun

1
An art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated
2
An artwork made by this technique

verb

1
To perform or use the art technique of decoupage.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Decoupage"

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Word	Definition
papier collénoun	An art technique in which pieces of flat material (paper, oilcloth, etc.) are pasted into a painting in much in the same way as a collage, except that the pasted pieces represent objects in the painting.
papercuttingnoun	The art of cutting decorative designs out of paper.
paper cutnoun	A wound caused by a piece of paper or any thin, sharp material which can slice through a person's skin.
collagenoun	A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.
décollagenoun	(art, countable) A work in this style.
paper cuttingnoun	Alternative spelling of papercutting. [The art of cutting decorative designs out of paper.]
depliagenoun	A surrealist method in which one removes the staples from a staple-bound magazine, making into one "page" what had previously been more or less widely-separated pages; the resulting "page" can either be kept as is or used as the basis for a collage.
papercraftnoun	The making of artistic objects from paper.
deconoun	Synonym of Art Deco.
decalnoun	A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
diaphanienoun	The art of imitating stained glass with translucent paper.
pasteupnoun	A sheet on which text, images, etc. are pasted in order to be copied and printed, such as for an advertisement.
pochoirnoun	A technique in visual art consisting of applying various stencils (perforated templates).
origaminoun	(uncountable) The Japanese art of paper folding.
composographnoun	(dated) A retouched photographic collage formerly used in sensationalist journalism.
carton-pierrenoun	Papier-mâché that has been made to resemble wood, stone, or metal, used as decoration.
point papernoun	Paper pricked through so as to form a stencil for transferring a design.
cardboard cut-outnoun	A piece of card that has been cut into a particular shape, especially the shape of a person with that person depicted on it.
cliché verrenoun	(art) A method of either etching, painting or drawing on a transparent surface, such as glass or film, and printing the resulting image on light-sensitive paper in a photographic darkroom.
paste-upnoun	Alternative form of pasteup. [A sheet on which text, images, etc. are pasted in order to be copied and printed, such as for an advertisement.]