Saturday 27 July 2013
Instructions
You Will Need
o Glue
o Scissors
1. 
Gather your supplies. For this project, I used
plain old toilet paper roles, (the number you need depends on what design you
decide on for your project, mine used around 13 I think...) glue, and a bushed
metal appearance spray paint.
2. 
Crush your toilet paper roll in half, and cut
it crossways. You could measure if you like, but I just guess-timated based on
the look I was going for. For my project, each toilet paper role yielded 6
"petals".
3.
3. 
Keep cutting until you've got tons of these,
the basic unit for your piece.
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4.
4. 
Begin glueing the "petals" together.
How you do that depends on what kind of pattern you're going for.
5.
5. 
I found that using bobby pins (any type of
clip would work too) to hold my pieces together was helpful. It gave the glue
between each segment a chance to dry while I continued glueing...
6.
6. 
Since a 5 petal flower shape was the basis for
my piece, this is what most of my base units ended up looking like. After I
made a bunch, I glued them all together in a pattern I liked, and also added a
few other viney/leafy looking segments here and there.
7.
7. 
Once you're happy with how your piece looks,
time for spray paint! (I used a metal finish paint, but any color will do!)
8.
8. 
Wait until it dries, and you'll have something
like this! (Please note I didn't spray paint every piece individually, this is
just an example I did for the tutorial. When I actually made my wall art, I
glued the entire thing together first, then painted it as a whole.)
9.
9. 
You're done! Now hang your new wall art
wherever your little heart pleases, stand back, and admire :)
And
you're done!
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