The arms for the Cone #025 with Triangles and Squares are made following principles like those used for Heart #052 with Triangles and Squares. For the Cone you first prepare two assemblies with each 6 arms from four pieces of different colour and then you weave the two assemblies together like the simple Cone #001.…
The arms for the Cone with Triangles are made following the principle used for Heart #050 with Triangles. First you prepare two assemblies with 6 arms each from two pieces of different colour and then you weave the two assemblies together like you weave the simple Cone #001. You have three different options for…
The Woven Pencil is a challenge for those of you addicted to detail. For weaving the spherical top in the small size necessary a pair of tweezers is mandatory. You also need some paper clips for weaving the pencil shaft. You need two or possibly three colours of paper. Items in the same colour…
This Cone #023 has a clover pattern also named quatrefoil. The quatrefoil enjoyed its peak popularity during the Gothic and Renaissance eras. It is most commonly found as tracery, mainly in Gothic architecture, where a quatrefoil can often be seen at the top of a Gothic arch (from Wikipedia). The inspiration is from Lincoln Cathedral…
PaperMatrix’ first book FLETVÆRK (Braiding) has just been sent to the printers. The book is 140 pages and the language is Danish. FLETVÆRK includes templates for more than 50 woven items, and tips for numerous variants. We have included some of the most popular items from this blog – like the spheres and the hot air balloons,…
Cone #022 is another very simple cone. Somewhat more elaborate to cut out by hand than Cone #021, but just as easy to put together. And files for cutting: Cone 022 cut 1 ; Cone 022 cut 2
Cone #021 is very simple and quick to make. I wanted to make a cone with horizontal stripes. First I made a woven cone. It was possible, but it took a long time to make and the result did not end up crisp and pretty. So why not make it the simple and straight forward…
Cone #020 is not so very difficult, but rather time consuming to make. A pair of tweezers is a good help. Cone #020 is made from 5 pieces of paper. I used four colours for the hearts and gold for the spacing strips in both directions. Cut out all the pieces and line up…
Cone #019 is made following the same instructions as given for Cone #018. You may however, start weaving in several ways rotating the two basic cones a little. For the cone on the picture above the two base cones are aligned and the diamonds near the base will be cut in halves. You may also…
Cone #018 is in principle the same as Cone #016, however now the strips are a little longer facilitating adding strips of paper along the top edge. Start weaving the cone flat on the table as explained for Cone #017. Form the cone base and fix with glue. Weave using the mold – Page 3/3.…
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