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  • Old-Fashioned Framed Silhouettes
  • From "DIY Crafts"
    episode DIC-203
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    These beautiful silhouettes are easy to create, and DIY Crafts host Debbie Stapley shows you how.

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    Figure A

    Materials (figure A):

    Polaroid camera
    Polaroid film
    Nail scissors
    Mat
    Frame

    1. Have your subject face to the side against a plain background (make sure you're getting good definition in the profile).

    2. Snap a Polaroid photo of the subject.

    3. Cut the subject out of the photograph.

    4. Turn the photo over to the black side.

    5. Glue it onto a light-colored background and frame it.

    Products: Where to buy -- Polaroid cameras are usually available in drugstores nationwide.


    RESOURCES :
    Silhouettes: Rediscovering the Lost Art
    ISBN: 0970115105
    Author: Kathryn K. Flocken
    Order this title from Amazon.com.

    Ready-To-Use Children's Silhouettes for Holidays and Special Occasions
    Model: 0486279561
    Author: Margaret Nielsen Fleming
    (April, 1994)


    Dover Publications Inc.
    Website: www.doverpublications.com

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