…compilation of tutorials
I find the idea of the Geometric Cut Paper Table Lamp great: All those beautiful fractal pop-up cards continued ;-)
On the photo you see my version, made from plain printer paper and with a tealight in the middle.
Because the paper is rather light, I’m afraid that the lamp may fall and catch fire, although there is enough place for the tealight.
But anyhow, I find it beautiful ;-)
Links:
At instructables.com: Geometric Cut Paper Table Lamp
Here at unikatissima: Fractal Pop Up
I found a really nice decoration for cylindrical containers, the tutorial on how to make a vase from recycled magazine paper tutorial on how to make a vase from recycled magazine paper. You need a glass or a can, but for other containers that don’t have to be watertight a cardboard tube will suffice.
I like it, especially because it is often difficult to make watertight containers from paper.
Links:
Recycled Magazine Rollups
The original site doesn’t exist any more and is now available through webarchive: Recycled Magazine Rollups
See also here at unikatissima: Entries with the tag ‘paper maché’
I found at instructables a tutorial on how to make paper flowers.
It seems to be quite easy and they are looking amazingly beautiful!
When the gift wrapping begins soon this can be a wonderful decoration.
But it could be also a beautiful pin for a beautiful woman ;-))
Links:
At instructables: Simple Paper Flowers
Once I browsed flickr and found the Teabag Problem Box. He called it this way because some teas are packed in such boxes.
But what I liked best is the the fact that he ‘offers’ the creasing pattern directly (see links below).
On the photo you can see my first try. I burned some CD’s and used the paper where you write what’s on the CD and that I usually throw away for this box.
I think it’s not too bad for a first try ;-)
They can easily be used for an advent calendar.
I looked further for boxes usable for advent calendars and found the following:
Links:
At flickr: Teabag Problem Box
At The Fitful Flog: PDF file with the creasing pattern (ca. 10 KB)
Check also the Model Menu
More boxes that can be used in advent calendars:
And here at unikatissima:
Furthermore there are links on how to decorate in the entry Pattern Paper.
And what can you put into the boxes?
Here at unikatissima:
This week I will present more possible fillings.
Again I found a tutorial for making paper bowls. I found the bowls nice but not the way I wanted them.
Therefore I glued three, four layers of white tissue paper on using wallpaper glue – the ‘quite normal’ paper mache technique.
I really like this bowl, although I should possibly paint it.
Links:
(another) tutorial on how to make paper bowls (magazine bowl)
Here at unikatissima:
Once again an idea I love: origami cranes as salad croutons (or the other way round? ;-))
Anyhow.
But I guess its too time consuming for me. ;-)
Links:
At Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories:
Edible Origami. Crane croutons for your salad.
And for the making of ‘totally normal’ paper origami cranes:
Google search result for ‘origami crane’
Google image search result for ‘origami crane’
I found a tutorial for a great pop-up card! The center spins apparently when opening the card.
There is even an animation.
Unfortunately I haven’t had the time to make this card yet, but I will ;-)
Links:
Popup Spinner
Animation showing how the popup spinner works
At craftster.org I have seen a tutorial on how to make a woven magazine bag.
I like as well the bag as well the tutorial ;-)
You can use my folded paper strips of equal width ;-)
Links:
The Original Woven Magazine Bag!!
At unikatissima: Folded Paper Strips of Equal Width
After the duct tape wallet and the tetrapak coin purse I’d like to present today an ingenious tutorial on how to fold a paper wallet.
On the photo you see one of my test wallets, folded from an official envelope with window and blue patterned lining.
Envelopes are unfortunately too narrow, I can’t put in an unfolded bank note, but it was fun to fold ;-)
I folded others from DIN A4 paper covered in gift wrapping and I really like the size.
One has got a little pocket glued on, another got its sides glued together. One has been covered in self-adhesive book foil, another has been glued after been covered in transparent gift wrapping.
All work fine and seem to be robust (the author of the tutorial writes about this aspect, too).
The only thing I miss is a ‘real’ coin purse with closure.
But the best is: the folding is done in no time ;-))
It is e.g. a wonderful wrapping if you want to give money.
Es wäre z.B. eine tolle Verpackung für ein Geldgeschenk.
Links:
Paper Wallet
More tutorials for paper wallets at instructables
Here at unikatissima:
Duct Tape Wallet
Tetrapak Coin Purse
Recently I saw the TED Talk of Robert Lang and was totally impressed.
He describes how Origami changed and developed with the use of methematics and how they developed a new, better ‘language’ to describe crease patterns.
On the picture you see the crease description of Charon from Eileen’s Origami Page (I couldn’t imagine this as well :-)).
Take a look at Robert Lang’s Origami website, it is mind-blowing! (The crease patterns can be found at ‘Art’.)
And at Eileen’s Origami Page you can find a great article: The Beginner’s Guide to Crease Patterns.
You have to begin somewhere ;-)
Links:
TED Talks: fascinating lectures about nearly all
Robert Langs TED Talk: Idea + square = origami
Robert Lang’s Origami website
(The crease patterns can be found at ‘Art’.)
Eileen’s Origami Page:
The Beginner’s Guide to Crease Patterns
