Made at sunset on a chilly evening, from two brown paper bags full of paper towel rolls, cut into thirds, then painted with an old sponge brush, inside and out.
Cardboard star (with a handful of red-violets and purples)
In the midst of this fall’s busy whirlwind (and noticeable lack of blog updates), I made a few little messy experiments with color on these little pods. I realized too late that the key is to paint the insides of … Read the rest
Anemones and sweetgum fruit: Nature-inspired cardboard sculpture
Following up from last week’s cardboard toilet paper roll project, I decided to try experimenting with cut texture and a bit of paint on a few of the rolls. It was fun!
To me, the result resembles fruit from … Read the rest
Rolling, rolling, rolling…
I’ve been experimenting with making a few wall pieces out of the humble yet ubiquitous cardboard toilet paper roll. I really like the fact that, when squished and glued together, they look vaguely like a honeycomb, or something cellular.
(Totally landlord-compliant) bubbly wall art made from recycled toy capsules
After learning that our landlord didn’t allow us to paint or hang pictures on our apartment walls, my sweetheart and I searched for an antidote to our boring white walls. We found visual inspiration in three boxes of hundreds of discarded plastic toy vending machine capsules, and created our own landlord-compliant wallpaper alternative.
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