MODULE 5 - Figure and Form

Chapter 1 - Making a folder

It has been such a long time since I last posted anything, but we are still not back in the house, well we have the use of the kitchen but that is it and it is really hard work going out to a barn and rummaging about to find cord etc. Still we are getting there and hopefully will have some rooms ready for Christmas when we have family coming!

I liked the idea of most of the folders but because I love origami I settled on that one for my folder which is a bit over A5 size. These as predicted are fun to make.
Here are some of the sheets, two of which are coloured kraft paper with some painted decoration on the white side and the smaller ones are sugar paper.  Although my top corners are not tiny triangles I decided I liked them anyway.

The paper for the cover is painted using acrylics, bubble wrap, collaged paper, printed tea bags and a home made hand block. It is wrapped over a piece of cereal packet on the front cover and card from a pad on the back. The inside is covered in sugar paper.

I'm so sorry I have just realised I haven't cropped these, but if I stop heaven knows when I will get back.

The holes were made with my very useful Japanese hole punch and threaded with thickish purple cord.

For fun I made a few others, but just showing this one, made from an old Molly Makes calendar which has interesting pages.

 The scanner is refusing to work today hence all photos. Mine you with all the dust in everything it isn't surprising, I know how it feels.

Anyway the next chapter of drawing shouldn't require much searching for materials so I will try and get on with that.