As you can imagine, he now wants to do various other parts of the body, and have things like legs hanging out of the ceiling, and headless yet fully clothed bodies wandering the village.
Could be fun !!! :)
Monday, 29 November 2010
Chills, turns and sticky tape...!
Well, it's a frozen and misty Monday morning, and the walk into town with Laurence was bracing to say the very least!
I am secretly wishing for some good snow. I would love to take the kids sledging, and get everyone out in the garden building snow dens and snowmen, but all we have had so far is a light dusting.
Still, something rather excellent happened over the weekend. Joseph fully turned over, and now there is no stopping him. No matter where you put him down, he flips over, buries his face into the floor and pokes his bum in the air! What a clever little lad.
The first attempt at tape sculpting is completed. We grabbed the first thing that came to hand which would serve as a good template and didn't require much fiddling about with.
It came out pretty well, although we are in two minds as to whether we use the same method again, or try for something different.
The method we used was to wrap the object - in this case a bottle - in cling film first, then cover in tape. It's fine, except when you come to cut a seam (so you can remove the bottle) the tape cuts fine, but the cling film tended to tear and bunch up a little which made patching up the seam a bit messy.
The alternative method is to cover the object with a layer of backwards tape first (sticky side out) then continue to cover normally. I can see how this might make cutting the seam easier. So we'll try that next.
Loz x
Still, something rather excellent happened over the weekend. Joseph fully turned over, and now there is no stopping him. No matter where you put him down, he flips over, buries his face into the floor and pokes his bum in the air! What a clever little lad.
The first attempt at tape sculpting is completed. We grabbed the first thing that came to hand which would serve as a good template and didn't require much fiddling about with.
The method we used was to wrap the object - in this case a bottle - in cling film first, then cover in tape. It's fine, except when you come to cut a seam (so you can remove the bottle) the tape cuts fine, but the cling film tended to tear and bunch up a little which made patching up the seam a bit messy.
The alternative method is to cover the object with a layer of backwards tape first (sticky side out) then continue to cover normally. I can see how this might make cutting the seam easier. So we'll try that next.
Loz x
Friday, 26 November 2010
Crafty Art...
Well, after much thinking yesterday, Ethan opted for an art project that took his fancy; Large scale plastic tape sculptures ! (pictures to follow, so watch this space).
It is just about he easiest thing we have ever tried, and is great fun because you can make a model of just about anything that can be wrapped in cling film, then wrapped in sellotape. It is also worth asking around at local packing companies for any rolls of tape they have because alot of them throw them away when there is still a good inch left on the roll...there for, you can save and recycle at the same time.
We have asked Daniel if he would be kind enough to model for a whole body sculpture....he is in the process of 'thinking about it'. :p
It is just about he easiest thing we have ever tried, and is great fun because you can make a model of just about anything that can be wrapped in cling film, then wrapped in sellotape. It is also worth asking around at local packing companies for any rolls of tape they have because alot of them throw them away when there is still a good inch left on the roll...there for, you can save and recycle at the same time.
We have asked Daniel if he would be kind enough to model for a whole body sculpture....he is in the process of 'thinking about it'. :p
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Arty-Farty....
OK...I'm going to admit it, as far as arts and crafts go, I'm pretty useless. Looking at and listening to what some people get up to amazes me. One HE family I met up with had successfully designed and made a full sized willow house! Others create some brilliant sculptures and paintings. So of course, not wanting to see my kids go without, I have in the past attempted to indulge them in something arty. However, I always seem to come up at a loss (I can't even bake a cake without it coming out like a biscuit, and biscuits come out like hockey pucks).
So, today I have decided to put some serious thought into large scale projects. No more model kits, no more clay and matchsticks, no more messing about with fiddly bits of fluff and plastic bobs.
I think planning something, and making something on a large scale will hold not only my interest for longer but more importantly, Ethan's interest.
The thing is, what to create?
I don't have a huge garden, so I don't want to make some monstrosity that is going to over take what precious space we have to play in, but at the same time, I want to us to make something that involves a bit of maths, a bit of science, and some research (materials, method etc).
I'm going to ask about for ideas on the various HE groups that I am a member of, but if anyone else out there wants to make a suggestion, then do feel free.
Loz x
So, today I have decided to put some serious thought into large scale projects. No more model kits, no more clay and matchsticks, no more messing about with fiddly bits of fluff and plastic bobs.
I think planning something, and making something on a large scale will hold not only my interest for longer but more importantly, Ethan's interest.
The thing is, what to create?
I don't have a huge garden, so I don't want to make some monstrosity that is going to over take what precious space we have to play in, but at the same time, I want to us to make something that involves a bit of maths, a bit of science, and some research (materials, method etc).
I'm going to ask about for ideas on the various HE groups that I am a member of, but if anyone else out there wants to make a suggestion, then do feel free.
Loz x
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