It’s taken me all day to make these lavender lovelies – It’s very hard to focus when working in its lovely soporific miasma.
Month: May 2013
Mmmm, I love the smell of PVA in the mornings…
Time to get micro with the next Salvage Cardboard Parquet project…..’cos one woman’s trash is another woman’s treasure chest.
Floating Jungle
“Art, like mora…
“Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.” GK Chesterton
Knitty Mirror
Imagined Elephant-
This baby is trying to leg it despite lack of eyes – you have to admire his chutzpah.
Making a Music Cabinet
It takes lots of cardboard boxes to make this cabinet. Building up strength in the relatively narrow cardboard walls is vital.
It needs to support a lot of weight without being bulky. I read John Sheratons furniture manuals for help. 18th century ingenuity with 21st century materials.
Painting each piece to resemble oak and walnut burr veneer is a slow and painstaking process but one which I enjoy immensely – and not just because I love the smell of gloss varnish. Art deco inspired shapes work very well with the curved and slightly off kilter nature of the structure.
Music cabinet doing it’s job – nicely packed with records beneath and cradling the record player above. Hinged lid and lead openings makes for a functional and attractive piece.
