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Try these techniques to get started on exploring the seemingly endless uses for PVA glue, says Hilary White White PVA is not called 'craft glue' for nothing! You can do much more with it than simply sticking paper. Try mixing it with paint and glitter, brushing it over models to make a glaze or drizzling it to create sunburst patterns and relief designs.

White PVA is not called 'craft glue' for nothing! You can do much more with it than simply sticking paper. Try mixing it with paint and glitter, brushing it over models to make a glaze or drizzling it to create sunburst patterns and relief designs.

PVA relief pictures

Lines and dots of PVA glue will hold their shape as they dry, enabling you to create an attractive relief effect picture or pattern.

You will need:

Stiff card; pencil; PVA glue in bottles with nozzles; gold paint

What to do:

1 Make a simple pencil drawing on the card

2 Squeeze PVA glue over the pencil lines and leave to dry

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