…compilation of tutorials
Such a great idea again: simply begin just as for the coiled paper basket but stop quite soon and make from the rolls little pieces of jewelry.
I really have to try it with the folded paper strips of equal width!
Links:
Paper Roll Jewelry (Kind of a half-baked idea, but still…)
Here at unikatissima:
Coiled Paper Basket
Folded Paper Strips of Equal Width
I presented some boxes already, the one of today is folded from old greeting cards.
On the photo you can see it folded from a calendar or magazin sheet as a gift wrapping for my hyperbolic pin.
I find both (gift and box) still great! :)
Links:
Little Boxes for Precious Presents
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘box’
Hyperbolic Pin (TED Talk: Nature, Crochet and Geometry)
Looks great, doesn’t it really?
I always thought about what to make from pop-ups apart from cards – now I know ;-))
Links:
Origamic Architecture Pencil Holder
Here at unikatissima: Entries containing the word ‘pop-up’
Actually a Kusudama is a whole ball made of those paper flowers, but to tell the truth I like it better this way ;-)
Links:
Kusudama Tutorial part 1
Kusudama Tutorial part 2
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tags ‘paper’ and ‘flower’
I find this 12-sided calendar a nice idea for a gift.
It is made for 2009 but you can adapt it to 2010 from the blank template yourself, possibly even handwritten and embellished with funny sketches.
Links:
Rhombic Dodecahedron and Calendar 2009: paper strips for plaiting
There is also a German version.
Hmpf, they are kitschy – but I find both Panda brothers cute, anyhow ;-))
And you can find a tutorial, too.
But this is not for me, I haven’t even finished the paper folded bracelet ;-)
Links:
Origami Panda (Brothers)
Tutorial for the Origami Pandas (Panda Tutorial WIP)
Here at unikatissima:
Paper folded bracelet
Entries with the tag ‘Origami’
Entries with the tag ‘paper folding’
I’ve seen some shaped books, at an exhibition e.g. in our public library and I always liked them.
Therefore I’ve been pleased to find a tutorial for shaped books – great! :))
By the way, there are folded books, too which seem to be interesting, too ;-)
Links:
Shape Book Tute
folded books 2
Another very dear friend sent me the link to the inventive technique on how to staple together little notebooks.
I tried it: It works great! And fast! And neat!
;-)
At any rate it is a really great idea that I’m glad to spread.
Playing cards could well serve as cover here ;-)
Links:
Staple together little notebooks (Tell me if you’ve seen this one before.)
Here at unikatissima:
Accordion-Style Playing Card Notebooks
more entries with the tag ‘books’
A dear friend sent me the link to an Origami instruction for a photo frame.
I’ve seen several before which didn’t really impressed me, but of course I took a look at the tutorial:
I’m amazed!
My friend wrote that you can put a postcard or a 10 x 15 cm photo in a frame made of a A4 paper sheet and that a 7 x 10 cm photo fits in a frame made from a A5 paper sheet.
I find best of all that you adjust the size of your photo frame exactly to your photo in one of the last steps and this way you can even make it fit a not-so-exacltly-cut 10 x 15 cm photo.
What is more the frame is easy to fold.
What more could you ask for? ;-)
Here I show the back of the frame.
When folding you create an (amazingly stiff) triangle that serves as frame stand.
Here you can (hopefully) see that the photo frame can only stand if the picture is in landscape format, a portrait formatted picture has to be hung at the wall or put into a photoholder.
First I thought about making the frame from patterned paper but then I found it a little bit silly because you can only see the four corners on the front side.
Links:
Origami Photo Frame (Picture Frame)
Here at unikatissima:
Plaster Photo Holder
more entries with the tag ‘photoholder’
I saw somewhere (unfortunately I don’t remember where) such a box, but it was flat while I wanted the actual box (not the flaps) to be of about 2 cm height.
So I made me a template myself ;-))
And that’s what you do:
(Click to enlarge)
That is the template.
Instruction for first box: Pasted paper
First print the template and cut it.
I wanted to have a Chinese box so I pasted the outside up with some Chinese newspapers that I stained with tea before (see links below).
Of course you can paste the paper up with gift wrapping, snippets from ads and so on, too.
I suggest to paste a second layer on the paper in any case to get it sturdier or to use thin cardboard.
When having pasted up all four flaps you can pre-fold the box. This way it will be easier to glue the tags.
Here is the glue setting.
You can see that I didn’t paste up the inside.
And that is the box in its full beauty ;-)
I suggest to let the glue set well because there will be some strain when you close the box and the tags can get unfixed.
Instruction for second box: Thin cardboard
After the first box I felt like making a box from thin cardboard.
The cardboard is from the wrapping of a pair of trousers I bought and I liked the colours of the printed picture.
So I put my printed and cut template on the cardboard, copied it and cut the cardboard along the lines.
I pre-folded the folding lines to get better folds.
Then I simply folded the box without glueing the tags.
The red arrow shows that there originates a gap.
Depending on what you want you can leave the box at that, the tags make sure that in spite of the gaps nothing will drop ;-)
Here I glue the tags to see what happens.
The box always got apart until I fastened it with an elastic.
The glue could set this way better.
And that is my second little box.
You can see at the edges that it is a properly closed box now ;-)
Links:
Here on this site:
Instruction for first box: Pasted paper
Instruction for second box: Thin cardboard
Template to print
Stain paper with tea
Tea Staining Your Art Journal Pages
Tea Stain Paper