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Arts & Crafts
« on: May 29, 2015, 06:41:10 AM »
I've looked everywhere and I can't find one, so here is an Arts & Crafts Thread! Here we can share non-ssss crafts and projects! Basically anything that doesn't fit into the main (or sub) art threads.


I was trying to dig up some other pictures for another thread and randomly came across some old enamel paintings and jewellery pieces of mine... so hey, why not. :D



Copper + enamel paint

This is done in my earlier technique that dates from when I didn't actually know how to paint with enamels. I was really lucky to pick my exchange year at the UCE like I did, because just that year we happened to have a professor there who was a specialist! My previous teaching had been on the lines of "here's the pigments and there's the mixing oil, have fun" so that year I actually learned more about enamel painting than ever before or after.



Silver + cold enamel

Btw cold enamel is just a fancy term for anything that dries to a glassy surface such as 3D paints and epoxy glue. :Þ These were made by first soldering the whole thing together and then spreading glittery 3D paint over the heart area.



What's that modeling dough called again that you have to bake to harden? Made of that anyway.

I'm a very serious goldsmith.



Copper + enamel paint

Here's another style of painting with enamels, this time with better technique.

How does enamel painting work anyway?

First you spread a layer of enamel to the backside of the piece. This is usually some leftovers of previous works enamel, its only purpose is to stop the metal plate from warping while you enamel the other side because that takes many rounds in the kiln. The other side is then cleaned well of any impurities it suffered while in the kiln for the first time.

The background colour goes on first, melt to a nice, smooth layer. Wait for the whole thing to cool, touching out-of-kiln lukewarm glass can at worst make it shatter and that's both annoying and painful. The pigments are in powder form so you mix them yourself with mixing oil. Then the painting is done by layers upon layers that each get a firing in the kiln, the older the layer the deeper it sinks into the glass.

Every time you take the work out of the kiln something unplanned may have happened because the paint both spreads and floats a bit, depending on how long it's been in the kiln and what kind of background enamel you have, the differences can appear in a matter of seconds so sometimes it's all down to luck! It takes ages and lots of coffee breaks and it's the best thing in the world (I miss my kiln so much).
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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2015, 11:47:02 PM »
Haha, the dragon floodgates have been opened!! Seriously, I have a ton of dragon stuff to share. No apologies for my obsession  ;D So here I have some paper-cuts I did last year.


The first one I did and still my personal favorite.


The lighting here was bad and didn't really capture the brown color very well. Sorry!


Sea serpent! This one was a pain to cut: it broke in two places.


The design here was copied from a book because I got tired of designing my own.  ::)


They look really cool as shadows, but unfortunately my light source wasn't very focused  :-\
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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2015, 12:01:29 AM »
Haha, the dragon floodgates have been opened!! Seriously, I have a ton of dragon stuff to share. No apologies for my obsession  ;D So here I have some paper-cuts I did last year.


The first one I did and still my personal favorite.


The lighting here was bad and didn't really capture the brown color very well. Sorry!


Sea serpent! This one was a pain to cut: it broke in two places.


The design here was copied from a book because I got tired of designing my own.  ::)


They look really cool as shadows, but unfortunately my light source wasn't very focused  :-\

Whoa, that's a really neat idea! They all look so delicate and elegant. :O
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« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2015, 03:31:48 AM »
Eeeeee yay more Ana dragons!! ^^ I love them all!
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« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2015, 11:06:58 AM »
Those dragon cutouts are SO BEAUTIFUL. <3
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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2015, 12:15:23 PM »
Haha, the dragon floodgates have been opened!! Seriously, I have a ton of dragon stuff to share. No apologies for my obsession  ;D So here I have some paper-cuts I did last year.


The first one I did and still my personal favorite.


The lighting here was bad and didn't really capture the brown color very well. Sorry!


Sea serpent! This one was a pain to cut: it broke in two places.


The design here was copied from a book because I got tired of designing my own.  ::)


They look really cool as shadows, but unfortunately my light source wasn't very focused  :-\
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« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2015, 12:23:32 PM »
wow Ana, those dragons are amazing!

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« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2015, 03:50:56 PM »

Ana, they're fabulous ! I don't know how you do to have such precision when it's about cutting so thin.
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« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2015, 05:42:28 AM »
I don't know if this counts but here is some origami

 

When I was in second grade I was so obsessed with origami that my teacher started calling me The Origami Queen. Eventually it got way out of hand and origami had to be banned from the classroom... oopppsssss...  ::) But ever since then I've kept it up. One time I made an entire zoo for my cousin. These two are pretty simple, the one on the left is a kimono and the one on the right is a peace crane, which is pretty commonly seen. I've had the pattern for it memorized for years :)
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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2015, 06:31:13 AM »
I don't know if this counts but here is some origami

 

When I was in second grade I was so obsessed with origami that my teacher started calling me The Origami Queen. Eventually it got way out of hand and origami had to be banned from the classroom... oopppsssss...  ::) But ever since then I've kept it up. One time I made an entire zoo for my cousin. These two are pretty simple, the one on the left is a kimono and the one on the right is a peace crane, which is pretty commonly seen. I've had the pattern for it memorized for years :)
These looks amazing! Origami paper I always so beautiful, too...
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Re: Arts & Crafts
« Reply #10 on: June 30, 2015, 06:36:12 AM »
I don't know if this counts but here is some origami

 

When I was in second grade I was so obsessed with origami that my teacher started calling me The Origami Queen. Eventually it got way out of hand and origami had to be banned from the classroom... oopppsssss...  ::) But ever since then I've kept it up. One time I made an entire zoo for my cousin.

These two are pretty simple, the one on the left is a kimono and the one on the right is a peace crane, which is pretty commonly seen. I've had the pattern for it memorized for years :)

I *love* origami, which I first learned around the same age (in Hawaii, where there's a lot of Japanese influence).  The paper is gorgeous -- did you buy it in Japan? 

EDIT:  Mélusine, the crane is quite easy to fold -- it's one of the few origami pieces I've memorized.  If you can't find instructions online in French, I'm sure Viola or I could find them in English. 
Or hey, maybe there's a demo on YouTube?  Visuals might make it easier for a first-timer. 
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« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2015, 06:38:30 AM »
These looks amazing! Origami paper I always so beautiful, too...

I *love* origami, which I first learned around the same age (in Hawaii, where there's a lot of Japanese influence).  The paper is gorgeous -- did you buy it in Japan? 

Yeah I got it here, my aunt is a native so she showed me where to get it and which ones to pick out. They have so much beautiful paper here and it's the real paper too, so it's really nice and soft to use. It almost feels like cloth.

Oooooooh, you know how to make origami ! :) Your peace crane in origami is something I want to learn to do.

I was thinking of doing tutorials in the art tutorial thread. Or when I get back home maybe I will start an origami thread and post how tos there and other people can put things. I don't know how popular it will be, but I would love to teach you and anyone else who is interested :)
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« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2015, 06:43:54 AM »
Yeah I got it here, my aunt is a native so she showed me where to get it and which ones to pick out. They have so much beautiful paper here and it's the real paper too, so it's really nice and soft to use. It almost feels like cloth.

I was thinking of doing tutorials in the art tutorial thread. Or when I get back home maybe I will start an origami thread and post how tos there and other people can put things. I don't know how popular it will be, but I would love to teach you and anyone else who is interested :) 

Wow, you've got a Japanese native as part of your travel group.  That must really help in terms of translating, guiding, ordering food, etc. 

I think origami would be quite popular here.  Can you imagine some clever soul creating a paper Lalli, Derp-Kitty, or Cattank?  (The latter would probably be a hugely elaborated version of the inflatable origami bunny, another one of the basic folds I know...)
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« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2015, 06:50:39 AM »
I don't know if this counts but here is some origami

 

These look amazing! I love how they look so sleek with no creases. Every time I try origami it always ended up looking bad.
And yes, please do an origami tutorial :D mainly on the kimono.
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« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2015, 06:58:14 AM »
Wow, you've got a Japanese native as part of your travel group.  That must really help in terms of translating, guiding, ordering food, etc. 

I think origami would be quite popular here.  Can you imagine some clever soul creating a paper Lalli, Derp-Kitty, or Cattank?

Yeah it's really good to have her. I think she's also the only one in the group that understands my need for art too. We had a really nice talk about painting the other day when she finally had a break from trying to guide the rest of our huge group :P

I was actually working on a design for a paper Lalli before I left. He'd probably be the easiest to start with since he's so angular. I haven't designed origami in a few years though, so it's slow going. The kitties would be simple to do, just modify a basic cat design, and if I have a moment (or maybe when I get back) I can fiddle with that bunny design and try and make a cattank.

These look amazing! I love how they look so sleek with no creases. Every time I try origami it always ended up looking bad.
And yes, please do an origami tutorial :D mainly on the kimono.

I might be a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to paper creases bordering on OCD hahahaha
I can post the instructions for the kimono if you want. The pattern came with the paper and I thought I'd try it out. It's not something I made up. But I can also show how to do it as well if it would make more sense than the directions. Maybe a voiceover video or something.... (but that would have to wait until I get back from Japan).
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