30 Amazing Sculptures Made out of Cardboard. Chris Gilmour was born in Stockport, UK (1973), but now calls Udine, Italy home.
Using only cardboard and glue, Chris creates incredible sculptures that do not use any supporting structures or wooden/metal frames. Everything you see is 100% cardbaord. His medium of choice is plentiful, cheap and lightweight. Guido Bartorelli summarizes Gilmour’s work as follows: Gilmour’s work includes stunning virtuoso life-size objects, as well as cruder and more essential reproductions, sometimes left at a stage that calls to mind drafts or models. Antlers on Etsy, a global handmade and vintage marketplace. Items similar to Studded Leather Butterfly Fingerless Glove - Nine Lives Collection on Etsy, a global handmade and vintage marketplace. The Paintings of Fred Einaudi. How to Screen Print!Silkscreening at Home. Wayyyy back around Christmas I took some time off to partake in my latest adventure.
Relaxing. As many of you may remember, relaxing consisted of knitting a sweater, perfecting homemade pizzas, reading and … teaching myself to screen print these tea towels. I also spent a little time looking up the *exact* definition of relaxing. I’ve always been a bit iffy on it. At the time, I promised I would, when the time was right, teach you how to screen print at home. That time is now. If you’re anything like me, and I know you are, you thought screen printing (otherwise known as silkscreening even though they’re kindda different) was really hard. When I first started this little nod to the 60′s adventure, I was going to get all set up professional style. Then I didn’t. So I figured out a way to screen print (silkscreen) that pretty much anyone can do with mostly stuff from around your house. Just kidding. So let me explain the type of screen printing I’ll be showing you. Understand? 1. 2. 3. How To Make Murals From Phone Photos Photojojo. Quilling - Turning Paper Strips into Intricate Artworks.
Quilling has been around for hundreds of years, but it’s still as impressive and popular now as it was during the Renaissance.
The art of quilling first became popular during the Renaissance, when nuns and monks would use it to roll gold-gilded paper and decorate religious objects, as an alternative to the expensive gold filigree. Later, during the 18th and 19th centuries, it became a favorite pass-time of English ladies who created wonderful decorations for their furniture and candles, through quilling. Basically, the quilling process consists of cutting strips of paper, and rolling them with a special tool. It sounds simple enough, but special skill is required to create more advanced shapes like marquises, arrowheads or holly leaves. All through the years, the art of quilling has remained almost unchanged, but new specialty supplies now allow quilling masters to create anything from detailed 3-D figures to wall-sized museum installations.
How to Make Stained Glass Instructions and More. Woven Map Basket. Make a Rock Salt Mosaic. Have your summer art activities hit a bump in the road? Is your soon to be kindergartener getting tired of the standard art supplies? Well, how about making a mosaic? This art form dates back to the Egyptians and is still popular today. And this recipe is kinder safe, no broken glass involved!
What You Need: Large rock salt Assorted variety of food coloring Rubbing alcohol What You Do: Dye. This activity will create a beautiful piece of art to enjoy, while at the same time practicing the art of using a glue bottle - an underestimated skill that your kindergarten teacher will thank you for later! Gina Dal Fuoco has been an elementary school teacher in California for over 12 years, and has also taught English as a foreign language in Italy.
How to Make Flying Paper Lanterns. Your fire source needs to be both light and hot enough to enable the lantern to float.
Take a 10-inch strip of cotton fabric, fold it in half, and tie it in a knot, giving you a small bow. DeviantART: where ART meets application! Look! Aluminum Can Ornaments. "Summer Social" Guest Project — Make a Mod Podge Silhouette Canvas. <div class="greet_block wpgb_cornered wpgb_shadowed"><div class="greet_text"><div class="greet_image"><img class="enable-pib-img-under" src=" alt="WP Greet Box icon" data-recalc-dims="1"/></div>Thanks for coming by!
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I love fountain Diet Cokes and cookies. I’m a mom to 4 insanely cute kids (See?) Who are all home for the summer and driving me a *little* bit nuts. We came up with this silhouette canvas. Supplies: Canvas Old magazines &; scissors Mod Podge Acrylic craft paint Stain (optional) Sandpaper 1. (The kid on the table in pajamas in the middle of the day in the background is totally optional.) 2. 3. {lol – thanks Char!!} 4. 5. 6. Hikaru Dorodango. Make: Projects Make the mysterious artifact that’s got Japanese schoolkids crazy for dirt.
Everyone enjoyed playing in the mud as a child, right? Well, that’s what you get to do with hikaru dorodango (“shining mud ball” in Japanese). Except this time, you don’t just wash the mud off and forget about it. Instead, you create something beautiful and unique. Professor Fumio Kayo of the Kyoto University of Education has created an easy method that even children can follow.