Showing posts with label Craft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Craft. Show all posts
Creative Wood Whittling Projects and Ideas

Creative Wood Whittling Projects and Ideas

Wood whittling is a pastime that is often adopted by the kind of people who have to be part of farming or other activities where they have to spend a lot of time waiting. The art of whittling can come in handy to keep the hands busy and giving the feel of doing something worthwhile even as you wait for things to happen. The use of wood of course makes it even better and ideal as we are talking about something that is natural and durable as well.

Whittling unlike carving needs a tad less skill and also can be done with the use of a suitably sharp knife instead of using a chisel and other tools. It is absolutely different from fascinating yosegi – a Japanese art of working with wood’s natural grain and colors which requires a lot of skill and talent not to mention a lot of patience. The thing is that you can simply pick a suitable piece of wood and use a knife to whittle into a shape and figure that you want to create. Scroll down to check out creative wood whittling projects and ideas.

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Pottery Painting Ideas and Crafts

Pottery Painting Ideas and Crafts

The art of pottery has been known over the ages not only for the beauty and utility it produces, however fragile, but also the therapeutic value that it provides to people who take this art up. There is a certain satisfaction to be had from the earthy and worthy art of pottery because it involves creativity, the soil and the use of the hands to shape the art.

The thing about pottery is that it takes a certain amount of skills and expertise to wield the potter’s wheel and then baking the product to get the end product that you desire. However, there is still hope for you if you feel that you do not quite have the skills to do this. Because in that case, you can turn to pottery painting ideas and designs. The idea of getting involved in pottery painting ideas and crafts.



Easy Plaster Of Paris Craft Ideas For Fun

Easy Plaster Of Paris Craft Ideas For Fun

They say that crafts and arts where you get your hands stuck in to work on the project can be very satisfying not to mention a very sensual experience. That is why doctors often suggest that patients take up pottery classes so that they can work with clay and feel a connection with mud and enjoy the process of creating something out of natural materials. In this article, we are not going to be talking about craft ideas using clay but with Plaster of Paris.

Granted that plaster of Paris is not as natural as clay as it is a mixture of sand, cement and sometimes lime, but it is definitely easier to use once you work out how to do so. Once you know how to work with plaster of Paris it would not be beyond the realm of possibility that you create your own lovely shell shaped bits to use for beautiful and magical sea shell craft ideas, if you don’t find the shells you want naturally. In fact, the use of plaster of Paris is pretty simple once you get the precautions that you need to take down pat.

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