So I decided to get crafty. We all are supposed to have a creative side in arts yet in my years of bumbling art classes I've made ash trays that had very uneven sides, and Christmas ornaments that lacked the right paint job though the shapes were great - good old cookie cutters. I remember in 8th grade I made this clay lump with a peace sign on the top.
Yes, for real.
The teacher said we had to come up with an idea in ten minutes and make something in the same time frame. I was in a panic - that test anxiety one gets when the clock starts and had nothing. I'm looking around at angels, vases, wreaths and couldn't budge. Then the clocked ticked down one minute...59 seconds...30 seconds..my hands quickly made this cup shape but solid and threw on a quick rolled up clay peace sign.
sigh
At least it was identifiable vs Faye's blob she called just that. She argued it was the blob from the movie....yea, you guessed it, "The Blob".
My teacher took me aside and asked isn't there something I am good at and we can develop it? Seems serial killer studies don't count. So she asked me to bring some old jewelry that we can create a new piece with. Her face fell when I brought in a silver chain, black square onyx pendent, blue glass round pendent, and a silver cross.
She told me to add them to the chain like a charm bracelet would look and she will help me size it down. I set them vertical on top of each other, then turning, switching, and finally satisfied with my design put it together.
I then put it on. The teacher returned and asked why I didn't put it together as a charm bracelet. Before I could answer some class mates came up saying, "cool necklace! Can you make me one?" Soon others came up giving their approvals.
I got an A.
I make my own jewelry to wear since I have arthritis and many store bought pieces I can't put on. Now I want to expand my creative side to broken jewelry art. Frames, make other jewelry, etc.
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I like using a tweezer to take small items, touch to glue, touch larger object, hold and release.
i also use tweezers to pick up small items, and i use a paint brush with glue.
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crafts i make are bows for little girls, and i make holders for the bows.
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There was a craft that I did years ago. I picked up a flyer from Micheals and gave it a shot. No idea where the box went.
Get a wooden box, one in the craft section that is unfinished. Paint the box in your favorite shade with acrylic paint. Set aside to dry.
Cut out designs from magazines, books, old wallpaper, etc.
Glue the cutouts gently and firmly onto your painted (When it's dry) wooden box.
There is a clear coating that you use to paint over the entire box/cut outs. Be sure to keep the lid on the box opened when the paint is drying and when the glue/clear coating is dry.
Line the finished box with felt material, gently and firmly glue. Let dry again.
put a large piece of cardboard down to catch spills. Place the first item down, put glue in a small area and use tweezers to place items. Continue across until you are done.
i like to set whatever I am covering on newspaper and then coat it in glue, then I place the little pieces onto it
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I create balloon sculptures with just the smallest piece of elmers.
Put glue on the bigger object and then use tweezers to pick up the smalled objects and place them on the glue.
I agree with others. The easiest way is to put glue on the bigger piece and then use tweezers to place the smaller piece on.
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An easy craft I just did last week was to take a scrap block of wood, sand it, paint it, sand again to distress then take a photo and tear off all sides, modge podge one side of wood, place picture onto it and modge podge over. Let dry!
tweezers and use gesso
I use a toothpick with a dab of glue!
The tools needed depends on the craft at hand. I definitely agree with the ideas of tweezers and toothpicks. Tweezers make it easier to hold small pieces together and you could use a toothpick to smear glue onto the sides of beads. I also wonder how something like a small rubber spatula would work for dabbing/smearing glue on small pieces.
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I would say a tweezers. I don't know what else, I don't have experience in this area!
use tweezers. If needed, magnifying glass too.
Use mod podge!! It's good for everything!
check the blog mod podge rocks for inspiration - she also put out a book too!
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Tools needed
-Very light usage of your hands
-Colorful pieces of anything (gems, sprinkles, etc.)
-Random pieces of paper/material
Since you have arthritis, I say the easiest form of art for you is to make a unique crumb/sprinkle piece. I'm sure there's a real term for this style of art but I forget hehe. Take your canvas (whether it be a chain like you had, or anything) and just put glue on open spaces. Take whatever small colorful pieces you want and sprinkle them on. If you want a particular design, put paper (or anything you can trash after) on spots you don't want sprinkles/items on (e.g. a paper with a hole in it will yield a circle shape of colorful rippy-bits!). You won't even have to cut out those shapes if you can just find stuff that already have holes in them around the house. It's like an full out improvise-style of art! :)
i use a toothpick and sometimes glue
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use a glue gun, and good magnifier glass to see what you are doing
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Glue gun! I use my fingers thou that's prolly not best...
i would take my base item that i want things to stick to, and put dots of glue down in the pattern that i want. next i would pick up each item to be glued down with tweezers or small prongs depending on the size of the items to be glued down.
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an easy craft that i did was to make an easter wreath for my front door. i took a syrofoam wreath and then hot glued multi colored plastic eggs around the wreath. i tied on a pretty bow to make the door hanger also. clallen at ntin dot net
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Glue gun and tweezers.
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I designed and made a DVD box for my twins fav dvd set when their box broke out of plastic canvas and yarn.
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