Back here in Sri Lanka we encourage young girls with no income or education or orphans to start small business at home while looking after their kids.
One of the ways we have found is newspaper weaving...it's cheap and very versatile. It's the same as basket weaving...only cheaper as we use newspaper. :-)
Here I have displayed a simple twist weave which looks very difficult...but is in fact very easy.
I would later try and post another instructable...if requested on how to weave a magazine rack with newspaper...I actually wanted to post it up for the design contest...but that is not up for ages.... :-)
I have posted pictures which i feel would be easy to follow so please ...if you have any questions ...don't forget to ask...I'll be happy to help :-)
One of the ways we have found is newspaper weaving...it's cheap and very versatile. It's the same as basket weaving...only cheaper as we use newspaper. :-)
Here I have displayed a simple twist weave which looks very difficult...but is in fact very easy.
I would later try and post another instructable...if requested on how to weave a magazine rack with newspaper...I actually wanted to post it up for the design contest...but that is not up for ages.... :-)
I have posted pictures which i feel would be easy to follow so please ...if you have any questions ...don't forget to ask...I'll be happy to help :-)
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a thin dowel or barbecue stick to roll
glue stick
white glue
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Varnish
Paint if needed
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Once my vase was over...I painted the whole vase with teak varnish....if you like you could also spray with food coloring and then varnish it to preserve it we.....but using teak varnish is much easier.
BTW...
you have overlooked it. :-) it's in the last step.
Please post a picture once you finish...I would love to see it!
and sorry for the late reply...I was out this weekend :-)
Sometimes...i get comments like ' You must be really jobless to get in to this stuff...or like where do you have time for this??' and so on :-) haha
Well...i get a fulfillment when i make something cool...and that is good enough for me :-)
hmm...i 'm still wondering if to do another ornamental basket for the reuse...wondering if people will get sick and tired of it??? what say you?? yes? no?
the rustic basket is also pretty easy :-)
good luck!
Glad to share it...at a point i was disappointed and wanted to delete the whole thing...but i'm glad i didn't..:-D
only high tec? you should have got 1st place!
Currently I'm feeling so down in the dumps...
At first i saw i won 2 2nd places...now it's only one...i guess they can't give one person 2 gifts
Anyway...life's like that..
Once you learn this technique....you could create almost anything with the usual basket weaving technique...Mats, frames and so on..
Over here we are teaching it to some girls in an orphanage so that they can earn an income...pencil holders are like sooo quick
over here most marriages are still arranged...so sometimes...these girls continue to stay there till a marriage is arranged for them...they are of course consulted..nobody is forced :-).
I'm not a volunteer...if i have an idea that would help them...i go and suggest and see if it's feasible...
the pencil holders are much simpler to make as the bottom is not weaved...rods are attached to a circle ..
i shall try and provide a tutorial for it in the future...
hopefully it'll have a chance in the design contest... :-)
so disappointed to see that it was not selected as 1st prize.I agree to what Hollymann says.And now I see that it has been removed from the prize list.I feel that it is very unfair to take off the list after it has been selected.This is a very nice project with very low budget which every body can efford to do.