Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, maché, and more.
Patricia of A Little Hut shares her technique for making this beautifully detailed paper flower. I love the scoring of the cardstock and the quilled center to give it a sense of texture and depth. Use these for gift boxes, favors, napkin rings, or a brooch for mom on Mother’s Day!
As I mentioned last week, wine cork crafts are constantly requested from the Handmade Detroit gang. As I was thinking of making spring cards the other day a recent craft fair, I turned to the giant bowl of wine corks we have as inspiration.
Fold up a sweet bunny box for your Easter treasures with this tutorial from Jacky Chan at Origami Spirit. [via How About Orange]
Creature Comforts shows off her colorful and patterned masking tape (I so want some!) to make some really pretty Easter-themed DIY masking tape stickers. She also includes a template for you to make a bunny and an egg.
I’m loving this interview with Elod Beregszaszi (phew! try saying that name three times fast!) about the art of paper sculpture. He has this to say about his concertina folds: “In folding terms it’s like making a sentence out of words, and I love the way I can sculpt collapsible forms through the middle plane, […]
I’m really loving these origami critters made and designed by Uruguayan artist Román Díaz.
Save your corks and turn them into unique package wrapping accents
