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Automata
I received a Rob Ives ‘Ewe Boat’ for Christmas some point in the distant past and it has been shoved in the back of the craft drawer for a while now. That’s until I saw his website and set to … Continue reading
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Tagged automata, ewe boat, mechanical toy, paper craft, rob ives
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Paperclip figures
The boys had a book of Lego minifigures that contained pages of characters. They cut a few out to play with and once I showed them how to stick them onto a bent paperclip they went to town. I think … Continue reading
Flower press
The boys and I have made their sister a flower press for christmas from a few bits of plywood and some bolts hanging around that I salvaged from a cot. I’m not sure if she’ll be able to turn the … Continue reading
Digging beets and planting garlic
We spent the morning in the garden lifting the remaining beetroots before the tops start to rot and then planting garlic. The beetroots are delicious and sweet so I’m hoping that just leaving them in the cool sitting on newspaper … Continue reading
Copper Candelabra
I made this candelabra from bits of copper pipe and solder last year as a christmas present . I read all sorts of tips to develop a patina on it and finally a strong ammonia solution and heat did the … Continue reading
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Tagged candelabra, candle, candle stick, copper pipe, patina
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Printmaking with vegetables
After buying a couple of big spuds and thinking up christmas themed shapes we cut out a tree, holly, a present and a star to decorate A3 sized paper ready for wrapping presents up. Some of the prints are a bit splodgy … Continue reading
Pop up Pumpkin
For Halloween I downloaded the template from Rob Ives and daughter#1 coloured it in before I stuck and hooked the relevant tabs with an elastic band to make it pop up from a squashed position. I’d like to do more … Continue reading
Airfix
Nothing beats a wet and windy afternoon better than Airfix. I know I’ll be pestered at every opportunity to help paint it and then do the stickers but it keeps them happy and quiet for a couple of hours. We never … Continue reading
Mushroom hunting at Cockington
Despite the grey and wet morning we set off to Cockington Court to join a guided mushroom foraging party through the paddocks, orchards and woodlands of the estate. After a briefing on not eating any and not picking single specimens … Continue reading
Collecting Sweet Chestnuts
A sunny October morning made for a perfect opportunity to collect sweet chestnuts in the local wood. There were plenty of kernels lying around together with some shrivelled nuts so it seemed that the squirrels had got the first and … Continue reading
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