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Comment by Cindy Lee Jones on October 13, 2008 at 10:01am

This is really lovely, I have an old trunk I am wanting to do something with, you've inspired me ! :-) I'm new to the group, and want to put out a Hello to everyone as well.

Comment by Karin Teresa Fain on September 5, 2008 at 10:50pm

The kite idea is a good idea if you design it yourself because it can be considered as sculpture. Also those whirling boxes in Larry Bruce's videos suggestbox kites.I could see how they could be designed with pesonal images like those video photos. At least that would make the kite idea into a work of art and very personal. It would certainly look like a postmodern kite.

Comment by Karin Teresa Fain on August 29, 2008 at 11:04am

The book was constructed in a printmaking class. I used prints and printing paper. I used unconventional printmaking techniques for the collage effect of the printed images. The cover is contructed from acid free materials. Foam core board fabric samples and a color xerox image of the Luna Moth. I used "Yes" glue to glue the book together in the accordian format. The other side of the book has handmade paper that I purchased and did not personally make.I t was a very experimental process so I can't tell you the exact step by step process. If you want to make one I would experiment. You should purchase acid free materials and "Yes"Glue. Hope this helps. Karin

Comment by Marija Nakic on August 27, 2008 at 5:20pm

Hello Karin and welcome to the group! I love the idea of the soft sculpture! but this las one you puted, the hand made book WOW! That is my kind of stuff :) I can`t see, what is it made of`....is it hand made paper, did you make it yourself?and the painting look like batik but is it? I am very interested in knowing more :)

Comment by Karin Teresa Fain on August 27, 2008 at 5:11pm

Hand made book by Karin Fain copyright 2005

Comment by Karin Teresa Fain on August 27, 2008 at 5:01pm

Monotype on cloth by Karin Fain copyright 2005

Comment by Karin Teresa Fain on August 20, 2008 at 1:37pm

Sun, Moon an d Scottish Thistle a soft sculpture by Karin Fain copyright 2008. I am sewing my sculpture and plan to make more soft sculpture in the future. I want to enter it into a sculpture show. in december.

Comment by Marija Nakic on July 22, 2008 at 11:23pm

Dear members of this group, I would like to see some photos of your crafty work. I promise, I will put some tomorow. I just finished an embroidery this week and I sent it to Toronto. Hopefully I will enter the Fibre Art expo in september. Cross your fingers for me! Thank you for joining this group , let's make it grow! Take care!!! M.

Comment by Marija Nakic on July 22, 2008 at 11:20pm

Hey Larry, I woul like to see those kites! Do you have any photos to put here? I hope I will start again to do some paper makig. Have you already seen some kites made of hand made paper? Maybe those are made in Japan or China? That would be interesting....hmmmm......

Comment by LarBru on July 14, 2008 at 7:04am

I had an idea to make two groups but thought maybe it would be better to post this here. The two areas I was thinking is Kite making and origami. There are hundreds of different levels of kites to make and fly with some very ornate and artful, they hold competitions around different areas and it is an activity young and old can participate in doing. I just made a box kite and I hooked three kites together into a train, some hook 100 kites together to make a train, that interests me, some sport kites even have teams of five people, other kites have dragon heads very ornate, some kites have no sticks, I have four other kites an airfoil, an airplane, a butterfly and a triangle. My next kite to build and decorate will be the dragon kite. My last outing I flew four kites and had them all in the air by myself, very cool looking display. You might say art for the sky.

The origami I know nothing about but might like to learn or better yet see some examples created- just a couple of thoughts that this site gets me to thinking and or my creative juices flowing.

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