Mosaic Made from Upcycled Junk Mail — Upcycle Magazine Home » Feature Stories Tuesday, February 15, 2011 This stunning mosaic is made from upcycled junk mail! It’s called “The Birth of Venus,” and it is one of many creations from eco-friendly artist Sandhi Schimmel Gold. Schimmel Gold’s initial inspiration came from a portrait made from colorful glass fragments she encountered while visiting Venice several years ago. While known for her colorful female portraits, Schimmel’s creations also includes a diverse mix of everything from horses to skulls to landscapes and flowers. To view her online gallery or purchase her work click here www.schimmelart.com
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HANDMADE PAPER ARTS Posted by: otilrotcod on Sep 16, 2011 Tagged in: Untagged STEP 1 (SOAKING OF PAPER) Soak paper in a DEEP CONTAINER. Make sure that the paper is fully soaked for quick pulping. STEP 2 (PULPING OF PAPER) There are 2 ways to PULP paper- By OSTERIZER or By HAND(Manually) Once you achieved its claylike pulpiness make sure that any traces of its original form(paper) is gone and that pulped paper was formed. STEP 3 PREPARE A PLYWOOD AS BASE FOR YOUR CREATION. STEP 4 (DRYING AND SMOOTHING) Just let your pulped creation dry under the sun. STEP 5 (BASE PAINTING) After your design has been smoothen. STEP 6 (PAINTING AND EMBELLISHING) Paint your design. STEP 7 (FRAMING) This would depend whether you wish to frame your work of art. How to: Make Your Own Gift Bows — Upcycle Magazine Home » Project Ideas Sunday, November 15, 2009 Show your family and friends your love of upcycling by decorating your gifts with these upcycled magazine bows. Start with a thin magazine or catalog. The kind that has stables in the middle instead of a glue binding. You can make two or three bows from each magazine depending on the number of staples. Using a pencil, curl each strip toward the staple. When you have curled all the strips it should look like this: You can either leave like this or cut your strips into smaller strips and give it a few extra curls to look like this: Happy Upcycling, Jill
50 nouvelles idées créatives pour Noël Découvrez 50 nouvelles idées créatives pour Noël. 50 idées Deco pour décorer votre sapin, préparer vos table de fête, fabriquer des petits cadeaux à déposer sur les tables de fêtes, plein d'astuces pour un Noël réussi. Sites to Create Cartoon Characters of Yourself If you are not comfortable using real photos to represent yourself in any online profiles and avatars, why not create a cartoon characters of yourself? It’ll definitely be fun and unique to others when you are representing yourself in a cartoonized way in your online profiles. Thanks to many free web services, you don’t have to pay an artist for your cartoon illustrations. Read Also: 10 Websites to Create Your Very Own Avatar Pho.to This awesome site can not only turn your landscape photo into a watercolor drawing, but also make your face morph. WeeWorld Create an cartoon character to represent yourself in WeeWorld games. Pick a Face Pick a Face is one of my favorite websites, because it has really modern design and cool features. Meez This is a social entertainment website that allows users to create their own animated avatars, or “3D I.D.” graphics, for the Web. Build Your Wild Self Moron Face It’s not a website to cartoonize your face but more like exaggerate fetures of a face. Custom Anime
Recycled magazine coasters My latest after-dinner-while-watching-TV project: woven coasters made from magazine pages. To make a coaster like the green one above: 1. Tear out 6 magazine pages. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Bricolages, découpages et autres activités créatives pour enfants et adultes - Tutos - DIY Tous mes bricolages et activités manuelles en photos, pour les enfants, les ados, ou les adultes… À vous de choisir le DIY qui vous plait, parmi toutes sortes d’idées de loisirs créatifs et de réalisations faites maison, avec des matériaux achetés ou à base de récup’. Je range ces bricolages par thèmes et par saison (certains ont d’ailleurs une page spéciale, pour mieux s’y retrouver) mais de nombreuses idées peuvent être exploitées différemment et servir pour d’autres occasions. N’hésitez pas à fouiller ! En cliquant sur un titre ou une photo, une nouvelle page s’ouvrira avec le tuto détaillé (le plus souvent !) Pour PÂQUES – Papier mâché : lapin sur ballon de baudruche – Oeuf de Pâques en papier mâché – Petits paniers en papier à décorer – Mini panier pour œufs en sucre et lapin assorti – Panier en perles à repasser – lapin (et autres animaux) en rouleau de papier toilette – lapin blanc en rondelles de rouleau – poule de Pâques en rouleau et papier (facile) – poussin ou poule en pompon(s)