Crafts and New Blog

As I mentioned it in my last message, this post is dedicated to share a few recent papercraft projects I've been working on.

Last month I attended a paper sculpture demonstration in the Central library.

Paper sculpture ? What is it all about ?

Well it’s creating shapes, objects, scenery  and so on from books, magazine, newspapers…  

A perfect way to give a new life to old books (happy recycling J).  I stayed 1.5 hour and realised two basic pieces:

1)      I re-used a hardcover book to make a letter holder.  It is really easy to make and very quick.  You just have to fold the pages in a certain way to create it.

2)      I also made an angel.  There again I re-used a book but this time one with a soft cover. I folded the pages to obtain the body/robe and  I cut the cover into the shape of angel wings. To realise the head, I cut a few pages in a rounded shape and I glued them together; starting with the top edge and the next one with the bottom edge and repeating it until I obtained a ball.

It could easily be used as table decoration for Christmas or any other occasion. And you can add some colour by painting the pages or by using a coloured comic/manga book.

I really like this one and my friend as well :-)

During the past weeks I also explored the art of Doodling and Zentangle.  

Originally, doodling is making some scribbles or drawings that could be either abstract or actually representing something concrete. 

I remember doodling or doing some random scribbles on a piece of paper when I was bored or when I needed to occupy myself while my attention was drawn elsewhere or just to do something with my hands while daydreaming J.  And we all doodle.  Yes, we DO! It can be simply by doing some sketches in a notebook, drawing some shapes in the margin of a schoolbook and so on.  

This form of creativity as since a few years found a new dimension in Zentangle.

Zentangle is a slightly more organised way of doodling, using patterns to form a drawing (or not)… It is also a very relaxing activity (Zentangle) and it can give such great (art) results. More info about zentangle here: http://www.zentangle.com

I was already using doodles in my crafts as additional touch (borders, stitches, flowers…) 

but now I’ve tried to create a finished piece from doodles:

and Zentangles:

New Blog

As I’m developing my craft activities, I’ve decided to set up a new blog that will be dedicated to crafts: www.akhatanpaper.blogspot.com

I will keep this one and post new messages on a regular base with general info, venues,  readings…

Feel free to leave a comment and/or send a message.  Any feedback is welcome J