29 October 2009

Shredder skirt

My shredder sits in my hall, so I wanted to make it look a little more stylish. I cut up a curtain that I found in a charity shop, then sewed it to fit snugly around the shredder.

27 October 2009

Mizuhiki

My first attempts at this Japanese craft. I've had the mizuhiki cord for a number of years, but this is the first time I have used it! I made one very simple knot, one knot from this pattern, and one of my own design.

26 October 2009

25 October 2009

Origami birds

Here are some more origami pieces that I've done recently. I used the following patterns that I found online:
bird - sadly this link doesn't work any more
dove

If you enjoy origami, why not have a look at some of my other origami-related projects:
Kodomo-no-hi fish origami
Magazine origami
Origami bunnies

24 October 2009

Origami bunnies

I've been doing some origami over the past few days from patterns I have found on the net. The first one is the bunny container, and the second one is this origami bunny. The third one is the puffy bunny.

23 October 2009

Soot sprite stamp

This is the first stamp I've carved in ages - it's one of the soot sprites (makkuro kurosuke) from My Neighbour Totoro.

22 October 2009

The Wave

This is the second Munny that I've decorated - it's based on the famous Japanese woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai. It's twice the size of the other Munny (which was a mini-Munny) and although I enjoyed working at this size, I think any more I do will be mini ones. It glows in the dark, so it was fun to come up with a design that would work in both light and dark.

The paint went on a bit blobby (I think because all my paintbrushes have seen better days) but I liked the cartoony effect that this gave. I used a combination of three different paints for the blue areas - Cerulean Blue, Phthalo Blue, and Interference Green which gave a lovely sheen. I'm happier with how the face turned out on this one - I think it's cuter.

Asian dolls

Yesterday I went to Edinburgh to visit a shop I'd heard of that might have some vintage kokeshi dolls. It's called The Cat's Miaou. I was delighted to find that they did have some, and I bought two sets at £10 each - a set of four tiny dolls, and a set of two with drum-shaped bodies painted with landscapes. All of the dolls have nodding heads.

Later on I was in a Salvation Army shop and was excited to discover a pair of Korean wedding dolls, which are very similar to kokeshi dolls (and these also have nodding heads). They only cost £1.99 and had been put on the shelf just half an hour earlier!
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