Posted in paper, tagged 3d, dog, paper, paper models, weaving on 03/02/2013| 3 Comments »
Lee-Kuo saw his mum’s paper dogs and decided to design his own system for paper weaving a dog. He found pictures of a dog on the internet and created the proportions in 3D. He then began weaving using his 3D model as a guide. This is his finished paper woven dog.
rear view of the 3D model
front view of the 3D design
wonderful head proportions
wonderful weaving system
simply a work of art
Posted in general, paper, tagged basket, dog, handbag, magazines, paper, recycle, recycling, weaving on 03/02/2013| 1 Comment »
We had a few magazines lying around and my wife decided to have a go at paper weaving. These are the results and I think they are really amazing. The handbag gets lots of attention and many people would like to buy one. The dogs are also really incredible, which shows that this system of weaving lends itself to almost any shape.
a beautiful paper handbag
a lovely paper dog
very practical and simply functional
wonderful proportions
paper is so strong
great patterns
so cute
lovely strong weave
Posted in electronic, paper, wood, tagged 7 watt, mini, popsicle lamp, summer camp on 07/09/2012| 3 Comments »
I designed this small lamp for my summer camp students who built the 8 watt stereo amplifier. Before they attempted to solder all the components for the amp i let them solder the switch and light fitting. They had no idea i had made these lamps for them so i hope they enjoy the lovely warm glow. The sizes of popsicle sticks used are 11.5 cm and 6 cm. The base was a 5mm thick piece of board that i had lying around, inside the lamp are matchsticks which stop the lamp from falling over the base. The bulb is 7 watt and produces a lovely warm light.
A super mini cube lamp
The wooden base
the underside showing the 6 cm feet
simply beautiful
paper texture and simple design
Posted in electronic, paper, wood, tagged cube, popsicle lamp, popsicle sticks on 28/06/2011| 4 Comments »
This lamp was designed for my students, I thought I would give them an electrical project to build. It truly is very simple with just a few popsicle sticks and a piece of paper. Most of the work was making the electrical cable with a switch. The cube lamp in the pictures is my own personal version, the students made a normal flat standing cube.
the cube standing on it's corner
a wonderful ambient light
everything is made from wood
Posted in electronic, paper, wood, tagged balloon, paper măché, popsicle lamp, popsicle sticks on 19/04/2011| 3 Comments »
This craft came about because one of my students made a balloon paper măché shade in an art class. She made it so well I thought I would design a lamp stand for her, and this is what I came up with. We both made a lamp stand from popsicle sticks and I made the electrical fittings for a 15W bulb. When she switched it on she was amazed at her work. The pictures here are my lamp shade I made, I painted it yellow and red for a lovely warm glow. My wife did a waldorf colour scheme.
a quick and simple lamp for students to make
the complete popsicle stick stand
a very simple construction for the stand
this lamp shade was made by my wife
Posted in general, paper, tagged 2nd level, business cards, light, Menger sponge on 28/02/2011| Leave a Comment »
After many hours of folding business cards and building the cubes the 2nd level Menger sponge is complete. It really is an eye catcher, especially now that we have made it into a light. Lee-Kuo folded about 60% of the cards and I completed the rest. We folded 3456 business cards to create the sponge. Another great achievement for Lee-Kuo.
level 2 business cards Menger sponge
more from the top
Lee-Kuo through the sponge
the light inside the sponge
we use the sponge as our ambient light in the lounge, it's amazing
Posted in paper, tagged boxes, origami, origami club, triangular on 05/02/2011| Leave a Comment »
Here’s another lovely origami box using the modular method. Once again it’s from the fantastic origami-club website. I made these lovely boxes with my students and they really liked the shiny coloured paper which gives it that quality feel. origami-club
inside the boxes
the outsides showing the lovely colours
Posted in general, paper, wood, tagged car, cardboard, CD, pencil, popsicle sticks, powered, rubber band, straw on 02/02/2011| 105 Comments »
This was a quick creation I came up with for a student who loves cars. I had lots of clear plastic CD’s and decided to use them for wheels, the gold rubber band came from a cake box and we had lots of them. The body is cardboard and popsicle sticks and the axles are pencils in straws. They go really well on a flat surface and we raced them across his room.
The rubber band powered car showing the clear cd's
view of the front axle
view of the rear axle
Posted in paper, tagged cube, modular, origami, origami club, rabbit on 31/01/2011| Leave a Comment »
My students are really good at folding paper after many years of my teaching methods. I decided to try a cute simple modular design to give my students another level of origami. We coloured all the pieces with crayons which made it more personal and they loved it. All of my students drew faces on the rabbits but I left mine white. Go to the origami club website to find lots of wonderful modular origami. Website here origami club
a really wonderful and simple example of modular origami from the origami club
Posted in general, paper, tagged business cards, level 2, Menger sponge on 30/01/2011| Leave a Comment »
After completing his level 1 Menger sponge 2 years ago, Lee-Kuo had enthusiasm to build a level 2 Menger sponge from business cards. We knew it would take around 3456 cards so we had them cut at our local paper mill. Folding the cards takes a big part of the time and is the most boring part for Lee-Kuo. So far so good let’s hope he finishes soon.
taking shape and getting stronger
one more layer to go, getting very strong now
DIY family 