Onion Dome Box

Anna designed the strips for the onion dome in Rhino. Weaving the dome nicely is not easy, but what is most required is patience.

Start by cutting the forms on “Part 1/2″ four times in four different colours and the forms on “Part 2/2″ twice in two other colours. Now you have plenty of options for mixing the colours.

When starting the dome, take a simple narrow strip (colour not important as it will not show). Fix the rectangular wide end of a dome strip to one end of the narrow strip with glue. Take one in a different colour and fix it right next to the first. The strips shall swirl in the same direction. Proceed in this way fixing 12 strips in alternating colours. Now add 12 more dome strips on the other side of the narrow strip. These dome strips shall swirl in the other direction. Form a ring and fix with glue. Now you have the base of the dome. Bend all 24 strips outwards. Take another simple narrow strip and fix it on the outside of the ring (I used light blue on picture). Then take the zigzag strip (I used dark blue) and score it along the spine. Fix it onto the dome base and bend the solid part inwards. You may need to make small cuts in order to make the paper fit smoothly. Fix with glue. Now you may start weaving. Take your time and use paper clips for temporary fixing as you go along. Also take care to line up and flatten the form as you weave. When you reach about square number 8 counted from the base make sure the form is lined up as you want it and fix the 12 squares with glue one by one. Weave the rest for as long as you can manage – it may not look so pretty. Fix with glue and cut away the long ends of the strips. To hide the mess and form a pointed dome top, make two small cones (I used two shades of green) and fix them to the top of the dome.

The lower part of the box is started in the same way as the dome, just use 24 simple straight strips. Weave and fix the ends to a ring also made from one of the simple narrow strips. The circumference should be 21.6 cm. For bottom plate I used the same type of pattern as the drum skin in the Woven Drum #001. And the bottom is made in the same way. Finally cut out an 8 cm times 23 cm strip of paper (any colour) bend along the spine and fit it inside the lower part forming an up stand of about 2 cm.

Now  you may fit the two parts of the box.

And files for cutting onion cut a and onion cut b

Printed Drum #002

It is so simple, so easy and so quickly made. It is a knock-off of course. A printed version of the elaborate Woven Drum #001.

Cut out the five coloured pieces and the white piece which is a pattern for scoring. Centre the pattern on the rear side of the round drum skin and score along the edge. Fold back. Glue stick the white side of the flaps one by one to the blue side of one of the long narrow blue strips making sure that the sides of the small flaps meet exactly and that the upper edge also fits. When you have fixed all flaps the ends of the strip should meet. Make the other drum skin in the same way. Now smear glue on the white outer side of the blue strip and fix the drum’s body making sure that the edges fit. Also make sure that the points of the star on the drum skin point towards the points at the body. The ends of the body should fit, when you have worked you way around the drum skin. Fix the other drum skin inside the body in the same way. Done.

Woven Drum #001

This woven drum involves a little easy weaving and quite a lot of gluing.

 

First you cut out the necessary pieces. You need to cut out the forms in “Part 1/3″ and “Part 2/3″ in two contrasting colours. In the example I used pink and turquoise. Then you need two of the simple strips from “Part 3/3″. I used orange. And finally you need two of the simple and two of the zigzag strips from the same sheet. I used dark blue.

First make the body. You start making two rings from the large pink and turquoise pieces. One should be a little larger than the other. Use the small notch as guide. One should have a diameter not showing the notch, the other should show. Place the smaller inside the larger and weave. Make sure to start at the base of the cut. Go around the circle and fix with paper clips (cf. picture). Make a circle from the simple pink strip. The diameter should be just such that the notch does not show. Place the ring inside the woven circle and fix with the clips. Distribute the woven strips evenly around the ring and fix with glue. Now fix the two simple orange strips along the body’s edges. Make sure that the orange overlap fits exactly (cf. picture). Score the dark blue zigzag strips  along the spine (cf. picture). Fix them to the body placing every second point exactly above the pink/turquoise points (cf. picture). Fold back the upper part of the strip and fix it to the inside of the body. Take care to flatten any creases.

Now make the drum skins.  Take two different circular pieces in different colours and place them flat with the larger one below (cf. picture). Then weave making sure that you start at the base of the cuts by rotating the  two pieces in opposite direction (cf. picture). When you like the star form fix it by weaving the next circle. Place the drum skin flat and score along the brim of the inner piece. Fold back (cf. picture). Make the other drum skin in the same way. Prepare rings from two simple two dark blue strips. The diameter should be smaller than the other rings you have made. Make an overlap of the same length as the width of the notch. The overlap should be on the outside. Fix the small half circles one by one to the inside of the ring. Keep an eye on the distance between the circles. It should be less than 1 mm to make room for all without overlap (cf. picture). Finally fix the two drum skins inside the body. Make sure that the points of the star point towards the points at the body.

And files for cutting tromme 001 1 cut and tromme 001 2 cut

Woven Box

Cut out two of each piece in different colours. You also need at strip of paper 4 cm wide and as long as an A4. The top is made just like a cone, see Cone #001. When you have done all the weaving you must pull the strips gently so that the small half circles fit above each other. Now you can fix the edge with a little glue. Before weaving the bottom fold back the strips at the base. The strips of the two pieces should swirl in opposite directions. Place one piece inside the other, weave and fix with glue. Then take the long 4 cm strip and fold precisely along the long centre line. Make 1.7 cm cuts into one side of the strip at 3 cm intervals. Smear glue all over one side and fix the uncut edge to the bottom just above the top of the second diamond, see picture. Make sure to make a smooth upper brim by keeping the strip stretched while you fix it. When you have done the full circle and meet the strip again you may cut the surplus off by an angled cut. Now gently fold back the upper part of the strip along the crease and fix it to the inside.

And files for cutting the bottom woven box cut 1 and the top woven box cut 2