Category: Paper

Origami Spheres

Cecilia Cotton Origami Spheres

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I found a linklist of Origami spheres linklist of Origami spheres (and, as you can see on the picture, of Origami stars, too ;-)), that I didn’t want to keep from you ;-))

 


Links:
Origami Spheres (Origami)
The original site doesn’t exist any more and is now available through webarchive:
Origami Spheres (Origami)

Instruction for the Origami shere on the picture (Five Intersecting Tetrahedra)
The assembly of the single components is shown very well in this video: Origami Five Intersecting Tetrahedra (complete assembly)
via: “Below is a video tutorial by Jonakashima:”

Find Craft and Needlework Books Easier

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When I look at Amazon.de for craft and needlework books I mostly get too many results I’m not interested in (try e.g. the search for ‘Mosaik’ ;-)).
Because I simply assume that you have similar problems ;-), I made a page where you can search Amazon.de more systematic.

If you buy books there, you are buying directly at and from Amazon.de, I’m only helping with the search ;-)
Though it’s also a help for me because I can make go on unikatissima with the little commission I get when you buy via unikatissima ;-)

By the way, don’t be surprised: the search page is on a new blog where I will sell patterns in the future.
Up until now you can ‘only’ find free patterns there that you know from here already ;-)

Happy browsing-for-books :))


Links:
unikatissima’s Amazon.de search / unikatissimas Amazon.de Suche
unikatissima’s shop

Amazon.de

Straw Marquetry

Elisabeth Eder Straw Marquetry

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I never worked with straw before and the straw marquetry doesn’t look too difficult ;-)

Mainly it is straw, made softer with water, cut open and flattet and then glued on plain printing paper as parallel as possible.
She made two sheets, one with natural straw, one with straw dyed with batik colours.
Both sheets are stacked with a template and then cut carefully with an X-acto knife.
Then she put the pieces together as you can see in the tutorial.


Links:
Straw Marquetry (Bilder aus Stroh – Anleitung) (German) => scroll down to ‘Stroh-Intarsienbilder’

The pictures are from Intarsien aus Stroh.

Google translation of the tutorial

Basket from Recycled Cards

AllFreeCrafts Basket from Recycled Cards

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I presented already the postcard boxes, the baskets here are in principle the same, but it seems to me that they are easier to assemble.
I think that I should give it a try ;-))


Links:
How to Make a Christmas Card Basket from Recycled Christmas Cards

Here at unikatissima: Postcard Boxes