Arts and Crafts Thread

[BennieGamali]

Made a doll of a guild mate's orc. The green one there is Grim-doll. The pink one is my sister's mage, Iselinn-doll.

This one is Drek-doll. Made him for my fiancee whom I met through WoW.

Took some pics during the making of Grim-doll.

 

[auntiehill]

^ That's adorable!

Dang it. Now I want a Daim bar.

 

[Pondwater]

I made this for my friend Bryce for his birthday some years ago.

and for his birthday a year later...

And then I just made a few more:

This year:

And there's more...

 

[Tora Ziyal]

^ Those are terrific!

 

[publiusr]

On Bloomberg television of all places--is a program called "Brilliant Ideas"

There was a sculpture of mirrored landscapes you could walk through. All very nice
Not listed yet here: http://www.bloomberg.com/shows/brilliant-ideas

A recent program on tornadoes that I found hypnotic:
http://natgeotv.com/za/inside-the-mega-twister

This might be a nice project:
http://www.weatherscapes.com/techniques.php?cat=miscellaneous&page=tornado_machine
Cheaper than this: http://www.walmart.com/ip/44185642?...9527112&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=122980363952&veh=sem

vortices have their own beauty.

 

[Miss Chicken]

A picture I finished colouring in a couple of days ago. The black pencil I used for the background is now rather short. i plan to do a couple of more versions of her.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I some of you guys are so talented. It has been so long since i knitted or crocheted that I think I have forgotten how to do either.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

^ Oh, I know I've forgotten how to do either!

Love your coloring, Miss Chicken! I'm finally back to doing some for the first time in months.

 

[Miss Chicken]

Over the weekend I ordered the full 120 pencil set of Faber Castell Polychromos. I am not saying how much they cost me.

 

[Catarina]

Over the weekend I ordered the full 120 pencil set of Faber Castell Polychromos. I am not saying how much they cost me.

And yet you did What I hope you say/show is how well the art looks using them

 

[Pondwater]

^ Those are terrific!

Thanks.

I just finished these:

"These aren't the droids you're looking for"

Artoo & Seethreepio (my bootleg hand made versions of R2D2 & C3PO). It's a Xmas gift I made for a friend's son.

 

[BennieGamali]

Made some dicebags for some of my DnD buddies.
One for my oldest sister

One for my other sister

One for her husband

One for a buddy

One for a lady buddy

And one for my fiancé's brother

And then my space vest! Refashioned from a handbag into space armour ^^

 

[Gary Mitchell]

^Cool use of a handbag.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

^^ Yes, very cool, BennieGamali!

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

How about this for a different kind of Bonsai?

Check it out. It's the gift for that special someone that has everything.

Bonsai Skulls

I mean Bonsai and skulls.

Bonsai Skulls

 

[Astra]

The original idea for this goes to a friend who at Christmas changed the usual paper snowflakes into cogwheels. I felt crafty today and so this happened.
1. Find all kind of different shades of brown paper in your paper collection
2. Cut out circles in different sizes, fold them up several times and start cutting shapes
3. Unfold them and be impressed / surprised of what you achieved. Then it's just a matter of arranging and glueing them in a nice way.
PS: The holes on the left side of the ground paper shows that this was the backside of a calendar once. It also shows that in my household nothing ever gets thrown away until one day I find the perfect use for it.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

The original idea for this goes to a friend who at Christmas changed the usual paper snowflakes into cogwheels. I felt crafty today and so this happened.
1. Find all kind of different shades of brown paper in your paper collection
2. Cut out circles in different sizes, fold them up several times and start cutting shapes
3. Unfold them and be impressed / surprised of what you achieved. Then it's just a matter of arranging and glueing them in a nice way.
PS: The holes on the left side of the ground paper shows that this was the backside of a calendar once. It also shows that in my household nothing ever gets thrown away until one day I find the perfect use for it.

That's ART

I like!

Yeah I've done that kind of thing too. Get a piece of paper or card, fold it and fold it again and start cutting and when you unfold it you get amazing shapes and holes. It's fun.

 

[Astra]

That's ART

I like!

Yeah I've done that kind of thing too. Get a piece of paper or card, fold it and fold it again and start cutting and when you unfold it you get amazing shapes and holes. It's fun.

Thank you! It's been a long time since I did this, but it has been fun! And it's so easy to do with children.

I remember when I was a child, my father showed me how to make a garland, of cutting half a girl and half a boy and when you unfold it, they would hold hands in a long row.

Sorry for the small pic, I fixed it.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Yeah those kind of things can be real fun.

They started selling these magazines with colouring pencils for adults over here a few months back and within a week none of the newsagents I looked at had any issues left. It became very popular. More so that the finished pictures you could tear out as they had perforations on the pages, frame, and hang.

 

[thestrangequark]

My mom bought me a sewing machine for an early birthday present! I haven't sewn much since I was a teen, but I'm having a blast. I bought some vintage fabric off eBay and I've been sprucing up the home décor.
eBay for fabric has really been a dream come true. This kettle cloth with velvet flowers cost less than $10 for about nearly two fat quarters. I made new pillow covers for my bed. It was my first project on this machine and my first project in about 15 years, so I had some issues relearning tension and stuff, especially when it came to the decorative stitching. It's evident in the square pillow, but by the time I got to the neck roll I had the hang of it. (And yes, that's a sexy Dean and Sam Supernatural pillow. I told my mother I was depressed and she sent that to me. I laughed so hard I cried.)

But the real find was this fabric. This fucking '70s gem! It didn't come in a standard FQ, but the pieces were of workable size and the condition superb, and I paid only about $15, shipping included. It just makes me happier than I can say, and really complements the Golden Girls picture my roommates and I have up in the living room. I made pillows and a runner.
I don't know why there are pandas in the jungles of Africa. I suppose because it was the '70s: