Readers’ Pics
This is a call to YOU, our favourite Folding Trees readers! We want to see what you’ve been making from paper. Join the Folding Trees Flickr group and add photos of any paper projects you’ve made - they don’t have to be related to ideas we have featured. And we might even showcase your work in the next Readers’ Pics roundup!
Here’s some of what we’ve seen in the pool lately:
A shadowtree by beckerjess (You can find a tutorial by June to make your own here )
Lovely blue orgami bracelet by l0ttie. Would love to know how to make these….
A mobile with 38 cranes by tmcg61.
Beautiful blue origami Kusadama by Melanie L - Miel Design.
We love to see what you make so keep posting the pictures, the group is open to everybody.
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Posted: October 14th, 2008 under Readers' Pics.
Comments: 7
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Comment from Creative Origins
Time: October 14, 2008, 8:41 am
I would also like to know how the origami bracelet was made.
Just beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Comment from Alejandra
Time: October 14, 2008, 11:44 pm
I love that bracelet too! It looks great!
Comment from MelanieL
Time: October 15, 2008, 1:34 pm
Yay! Thanks for including my kusudama!
Comment from Tia
Time: October 19, 2008, 4:10 am
The bracelet is beautiful! It looks like to me that it was made the same way you would make a square knot scoubidou. Check out the wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoubidou
Comment from June & Eve
Time: October 19, 2008, 5:19 am
Thanks Tia,
I think you are right! I might have to do a tute about that; how to use that technique for a paper bracelet.
Eve
Comment from L0ttie
Time: October 24, 2008, 5:06 am
Thats exactly how I made it except I had to fold it around an earring post to keep the hole in the middle. Its a bit fiddly when you start but it saves a lot of work later.
I used slightly thicker paper as I found origami paper and magazine pages tore too easily. Thinner paper also doesn’t curve as much in the folds so it ends up looking very sharp and flat although I suppose thats just down to personal taste.
When the beads are finished they need to be sealed with varnish to protect them against moisture. Even after they’re sealed, you have to be careful and take the bracelet off before you wash your hands etc… they’re water resistant but not waterproof.
I can write a tutorial if anyone is interested…
Comment from Alejandra
Time: October 26, 2008, 8:11 pm
Oh, thank you so much for the info! 
I’ll have to give it a try…
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