paper mache
Although we might not realize it, paper-mache is all around us. ... After Its invention in early 2nd century AD China, people began to realize how great paper was. They quickly began to develop new ways in which to use it, one of course, being paper-mache. By the end of the 10th century AD, through merchants and such, the art of paper-mache had spread to Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Persia, and India.