wheat paste
Homemade poster adhesive
Wheat paste is an adhesive made from wheat flour and water, cooked until it forms a thick, sticky consistency.
It's used for bookbinding, papier-mâché, and especially for posting bills and posters on walls—a preferred medium for street artists because it's cheap, effective, and washes off more easily than spray paint: We wheat-pasted flyers all over the neighborhood.
Complex plant carbohydrate
- glutenCereal grain protein
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- all-purposeSuitable for everything
- white flourProcessed wheat for baking
cornstarch · rice flour · rye flour · natural · organic · biodegradable · compostable · edible
Milled grain powder
- waterClear essential liquid
- mixingCombining into one mass
- stirringArousing strong emotion
- cookingPreparing food with heat
simmering · thickening · ratio · consistency · lumps · smooth · pot · whisk
Molded paper-paste sculpture material
- collageAssembled mixed-media artwork
- decoupageGlued cutout decoration art
- bookbindingAssembling pages into volumes
- laminatingBonding protective plastic layers
layering · tissue paper · newspaper strips · piñata · mask-making · paper lanterns · scrapbooking · mounting
Printed promotional handouts
- postersPrinted wall advertisements
- street artIllicit public murals
- guerrilla artUnauthorized public artistic expression
- billpostingAffixing public notices
propaganda · advertisements · notices · campaigns · placards · handbills · broadsides · murals
starch
Complex plant carbohydrate
- glutenCereal grain protein
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- all-purposeSuitable for everything
white flour · cornstarch · rice flour · rye flour · natural · organic · biodegradable · compostable · edible · plant-based
flour
Milled grain powder
cooking · simmering · thickening · ratio · consistency · lumps · smooth · pot · whisk · stovetop
papier-mâché
Molded paper-paste sculpture material
- collageAssembled mixed-media artwork
- decoupageGlued cutout decoration art
- bookbindingAssembling pages into volumes
laminating · layering · tissue paper · newspaper strips · piñata · mask-making · paper lanterns · scrapbooking · mounting · backing
glue
Bonding substance
gluey · viscous · starchy · tacky · cohesive · binding · fixative · affix · secure · fasten
flyers
Printed promotional handouts
- postersPrinted wall advertisements
- street artIllicit public murals
- guerrilla artUnauthorized public artistic expression
billposting · propaganda · advertisements · notices · campaigns · placards · handbills · broadsides · murals · stickers
- bindersbinder, binders, adhesive, adhesives, glue
- bookbindingbookbinding, bookbinder, sewing, hand-bound, leather repair
- preservation suppliesdocument sleeves, storage folders, blotter paper, mat board, muslin cloth
- posteringbillposting, flyposting, poster, wheatpaste, concert flyer
- adhesivesglue, epoxy, tape, adhesive, Elmer's
- muralsmural, muralists, mural painting, wall paintings, fresco