Project designed by Karen Thomas. Materials: light color construction or copy paper
plastic cotton swabs or coffee stirrers
white glue
scissors or craft knife
acrylic craft paints
small paintbrush
ruler
fine tip permanent pen
patterned origami paper - Yasutomo Steps: 1. Remove the cotton from the swab stick to create a surface on which to form the beads. 2. Cut a piece of white copy paper 1-1/4" x 11". Use the template in figure A to draw lines on the paper. 3. Cut the paper carefully along the lines, cutting out the sections as shown in figure B. 4. Start gluing the strips to the stick, wrapping the two top sticks around the stick. Use a brush to apply the glue so it doesn't get too sticky. Then proceed to make the arms by folding the third strip at about 1/2 inch out on both sides of the stick (figure C). Finally, roll and glue the leg and feet area of the bead. Let the bead dry on the stick. 5. Cut a piece of origami paper to cover the arms and legs then glue on for simple, but great-looking clothes. 6. Paint the bead person with acrylic colors and a small brush (figure D). Make facial features with a fine tip permanent pen. Once the paint is dry, coat the bead with clear fingernail polish. Remove it from the stick when completely dry.
RESOURCES :
origami paper, decorative craft paper
Yasutomo
Website: www.yasutomo.com
Creating Extraordinary Beads from Ordinary Material
by Tina Casey (ISBN: 0891347631)
This title is out of print. Consult local libraries, used book stores or click here for Amazon.com's book search.
GUESTS :
Karen Thomas
Yasutomo Creative Development
c/o Yasutomo and Company
Website: www.yasutomo.com
Website: www.karenelaine.com
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