Monthly Archives: March 2014

Artist Watch: Julie VonDerVellen

I came across Julie VonDerVellen’s work last year.  It really is amazing what one can do with paper.  VonDerVellen creates garments out of handmade paper (which is made out of recycled cotton clothing).

She says that “garments evoke memories; memories evoke garments” and she’s right. Her pieces are intricately woven and painstakingly put together to re-create garments. The paper also has the story of the specific memory printed on it thus binding the memory and the garment together. Check out more of her work here.

DIY Pop-Up: Optimus Prime Pop-Up Card

For this DIY Pop-Up you will need:

  • Cardstock or heavy construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Ruler
  • Paper clip, or ballpoint pen that has run out of ink, or a knitting needle
  • Crayons, colored pencils, markers

Autobots – roll out! Now you can make your very own Transformers pop-up of one of the heroic Autobot on Cybertron, the legendary Optimus Prime! Download the PDF templates and print out at 100% size (no scaling) on a heavy paper, such as cardstock.

Instructions

1 Using curved edge of a large paper clip along a ruler, trace all the dotted lines to create easy-to-fold lines.
2 Fold as directed in the diagram on the page.
3 Cut out all pieces along all solid black lines.

4 Glue tabs as directed and assemble as shown in the  diagrams on the page.
5 Color in with crayons, colored pencils or markers.
6 Voila! You’ve transformed mere paper into a pop-up Autobot hero!

DIY Pop-Up: Pull-Tab Autobot Bumblebee

For this DIY Pop-Up you will need:

  • Cardstock or heavy construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Ruler
  • Paper clip, or ballpoint pen that has run out of ink, or a knitting needle
  • Crayons, colored pencils, markers

Now you can make your very own Transformers pop-up of one of the most famous Autobots in the universe, Bumblebee! Download the PDF templates and print out at 100% size (no scaling) on a heavy paper, such as cardstock.

Instructions

1 Using curved edge of a large paper clip along a ruler, trace all the dotted lines to create easy-to-fold lines. Fold as directed in the diagram on the page.
2 Cut out all pieces along all solid black lines.
3 Glue tabs as directed and assemble as shown in the  diagrams on the page.

4 Color in with crayons, colored pencils or markers.
5 Voila! You’ve transformed mere paper into an Autobot hero!