Posted in general, wood, tagged frame, photo, popsicle sticks on 30/10/2009 | 2 Comments »
The design for this frame came by accident. I was playing with popsicle sticks and suddenly realized I had created a wonderful frame. I then designed the stand to hold the frame. The frame can be used vertically or horizontally. Download the instructions from my downloads page here. Or watch the animation on my YouTube channel here.
the simple but lovely popsicle stick frame (vertical)
turn the frame around and you get a horizontal picture
Posted in general, paper, tagged 3d, gates, keys, Lee-Kuo, maze, transporters on 29/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ever since Lee-Kuo was four years old he has been drawing mazes. His first big maze was drawn on a train going to Munich one Saturday morning. Since then he has drawn many fascinating designs with gates, transporters and keys. Now he designs mazes in 3D and has just completed a cube maze, check this blog in the near future for pictures. Below are examples drawn when he was 5-7 years old. Download them from the downloads page. Watch a computer animated solution here
this maze was drawn on a train going to Munich
a lovely maze with a long solution
a wonderful circular maze
lots of transporters
a very difficult maze from Lee-Kuo
Posted in wool, tagged crochet, dusters, japanese on 27/10/2009 | 1 Comment »
By now you must have realized we have lots of Japanese crochet books, they have many wonderful cute animals and ideas. These hand dusters are one of those cute ideas that my wife liked and so she made quite a few different versions.
Japanese dusters my wife made
Posted in general, tagged crochet, dome of light, Kaoshiung, MRT, stinky tofu on 26/10/2009 | 2 Comments »
What a wonderful day we had. Just as the sun was rising we set out for the two and a half hour journey with a friend to Kaoshiung. The purpose was to visit summer camp students and collect Starbucks business cards. On our arrival we had a traditional chinese breakfast and walked around a park. We walked a long way, collecting Starbucks cards as we went. In the evening we visited a night market and ate stinky tofu. It was a fantastic day and we will definitely return to visit our friends in Kaoshiung.
getting together and eating a traditional chinese breakfast
I can never resist a good macro flower shot
walking around Kaoshiung collecting Starbucks business cards
the dome of light in an MRT station in Kaoshiung
a close up of the amazing dome of light
taking a rest in the wonderful atmosphere under the dome of light
another amazing piece of architecture for an MRT station
entrance to the MRT
my wife always finds an opportunity to teach crochet
walking to the night market and a view of the arena
Posted in paper, tagged flower, Mother's day, pop-up, Robert Sabuda on 25/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a lovely paper craft to make with students for Mother’s Day. The original can be found on Robert Sabuda’s website, see link below. I find it more interesting when the children colour the flower on the backside of the paper, so I mirrored the original template. click here for Robert Sabuda’s wonderful Pop-ups
my mirrored version with no black outlines
the original version with black outlines
Posted in general, tagged dog, needlecraft, pencil case, sewing on 22/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is one of those beautiful works of art that my wife is so good at sewing. It is fully padded and lined inside which gives it that added quality feel. My son wanted to use it for school but his first one got stolen so now it stands on our cassette stand.
A lovely padded pencil case for extra quality
Posted in electronic, wood, tagged lollipop sticks, night lamp, night light, octagonal, popsicle lamp, popsicle sticks on 20/10/2009 | 7 Comments »
This is another popsicle lamp I made during the summer vacation. It’s actually the same kit as the boat lamp in an earlier post, but I simply made everything from scratch including the electrical cable and switch. I love this kind of craft it gives you a warm feeling and pleasure in using wood.click here to buy the kit in Taiwan
a beautiful popsicle stick night lamp
Posted in paper, tagged corrugated paper, ladybird, ladybug, Lee-Kuo on 19/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
I created this lovely ladybird after seeing a small version in a hospital during spring. We were in hospital because Lee-Kuo needed a check-up for school. I came home and gathered all the materials and objects to make a ladybird. I then drew the body and found a bowl for the wing size, the spots are the size of a 50 NT$ coin. All my students really liked this craft.
a lovely ladybird made from corrugated paper
Posted in general, tagged mouse, needlecraft on 18/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
My wife makes some extraordinary crafts. This is a tiny mouse she made last year for a special exhibition, she is a perfectionist and it shows on this lovely little mouse.
A lovely little mouse made by my wife
Posted in general, wood, tagged diamonds in the rough, foothills, Lee-Kuo, maze, mini, miniature golf, pinball, ski jump, wood on 17/10/2009 | 1 Comment »
This was another summer vacation craft that Lee-Kuo made. He missed the crazy golf course in Germany and decided to make his own from wood. We found a wonderful set of instructions on the internet from a magazine printed in 1950. Lee-Kuo had so much fun sawing, cutting, sanding, shaping, drilling and gluing. The summer vacation was simply too short so he only completed 5 holes, nevertheless they are superb. click here for the original 1950 instructions
Hole 1, the ski jump
Hole 6, the maze
Hole 11, pinball
Hole 12, diamonds in the rough
Hole 14, foothills
