Daily Art Muse - Contemporary fine craft curated by Susan Lomuto » Tutorials http://dailyartmuse.com celebrating handcrafted excellence Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:14:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 jeffrey rudell’s papercuts don’t hurt a bit http://dailyartmuse.com/2008/10/09/jeffrey-rudells-papercuts-dont-hurt-a-bit/ http://dailyartmuse.com/2008/10/09/jeffrey-rudells-papercuts-dont-hurt-a-bit/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:15:58 +0000 Susan Lomuto http://dailyartmuse.com/?p=6025 Last month accomplished paper artist and CraftStylish contributor Jeffrey Rudell posted a how-to for this cut paper thank you note.  I don’t think I’ll be trying it any time soon, but the process is fascinating, isn’t it?

Rudell’s work is extraordinary.  I was convinced that the portrait below was a drawing. The closeup shots reveal that this finely detailed work is another of Rudell’s cut paper masterpieces. The portrait, 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide, is carved from a single sheet of black paper.  Wow.  Ready to try it yourself?

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Spinning the news

Newspaper yarn

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christalline's salt bead tutorial

many thanks to christalline for translating this great little tutorial.

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paper punch + metal leaf + polymer clay bead = WoNdeRful technique! has this been done before? did i miss this in a book or an article? i love it!

sashetta wrote an informative post on polymerclayfimo. i just wish i knew what it said. because i can’t translate the post, i do not know if she mentions learning this from someone and so if i should be crediting anyone else in addition to sashetta, please let me know. use the pictures in the tutorial as a starting point. you can take this in several different  directions.

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she experimented until she came up with a way to encase them using fimo gel, and small bezel cups.

maybe if we ask nicely, she’ll tell us how she did it. pretty please?

UpDaTe: chris will be posting a tutorial soon – for the materials list click here.

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]]> http://dailyartmuse.com/2007/01/16/night-night/feed/ 2 moire for moi http://dailyartmuse.com/2006/10/04/moire-for-moi/ http://dailyartmuse.com/2006/10/04/moire-for-moi/#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:41:12 +0000 Susan Lomuto http://polymerclaynotes.com/?p=93 moire: presenting a watery or wave like appearance.

sue rankin shows how to make polymer clay look like moire fabric using plastic texture sheets and a striped cane.

easy to do, looks great.

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  • bird seed
  • coconut shell
  • cray paper
  • dragon skin
  • mesh fabric
    • mesh fabric
    mesh fabric
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