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I'm not sure if it's the ripping or the speed, but to collage with shipping tape is really fun! A step-by-step? Okay.
All you need is any clear shipping tape, mine is Scotch brand.
Magazines, newspaper, junk mail ... paper. High gloss, processed, varnished papers may resist the tape. In my opinion, cheaper, thinner papers work best.
Then a substrate, or whatever you want to do your collage on.
I am going to use the above yellow 4.5 x 6" postcard ...
Lay the strapping tape on top of the area you want to pick up
(heavier paper may need to be burnished) ... then rip it up!
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Apply the tape to the substrate. You can't completely control what adheres to the tape, but I think that's part of the fun?
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step 2
The tape that doesn't adhere paper, adheres to the substrate, I use glue stick on the back of the adhered area of tape.
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No limit on how many layers. There seems to be a learning curve ... or ripping curve? I am not an expert, but it is fun ripping & layering. My first attempts were too busy, too many layers, so this one I stopped before. You can be crop to catch a good area.BTW: There is a popular technique also using shipping tape,
adhering the tape onto the area to be transferred,
then wetting the tape and rubbing off the adhered paper.
The remaining image on the tape is a transparent transfer.
A more accurate copy & with more time involved.
This is not that, but a different effect.
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Source: MIT Technology Review, 2026
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