Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Make a newspaper art thing.

Time for another paper-based project the whole world can get involved in.



DIRECTIONS
  • Print the below out onto thick A4 or letter-size paper (make it fill the page in Print Preview). It's OK if it's in colour or black-and-white.
  • Then grab a potato, cut it in half and paint the slice with red paint. Then print the slice onto the page, kind of in the middle.
  • Sign it (super important).
  • Grab a photo frame with a mat, grab the mat and place it on your artwork, getting a nice composition happening. Trim any page left over the sides of the mat, then whack it into the frame.
  • Done!

  • Colourful Cross-stitch Cushion

    This is the third time I've made this cushion. I guess it's one of my all-time favourite cross-stitch patterns. This time, it's for a wedding present. I thought it might be good because of the Polish dancing I witnessed after the ceremony, and the national costumes reminded me of the pattern. Hope they like it! In case you're wondering, the pattern is from Better Homes and Gardens Homemaker Library Craft Collection, published 1991.

    Friday, August 6, 2010

    Mini furniture.

    Hey, make tiny furniture, people.

    I got bored on Autocad one evening and made little 1:15 scale furniture templates. This is the first page coloured rather unconventionally and assembled:



    And here's links to two pages of furniture fun:

    Mini furniture 1 (furniture as above)
    Mini furniture 2 (armchair, footstool, screen)

    Brief instructions:

    I mean, it's all pretty easy. Print onto card and colour in if you want. Cut them all out with a knife and score all the bits you have to fold lightly with a knife (much easier to fold that way). All hatched surfaces should have glue on them. Any bits that have hatching around them should have glue applied to the other side.

    Enjoy! Let me know if you did it and post a photo!