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Just curious :D
I do random things, especially with my wedding last month (pomander, shower guestbook, painted some decorations, etc.)
I mostly enjoy wood painting, sewing, and jewelry making. :)
I knit, sew, scrapbook, and make blankets.
I sew, quilt and scrapbook when I get the chance.
I am learning to quilt... but Im learning by hand, so Im quickly becoming frustrated... ;)
I make crafts for Christmas. We like to give homemade gifts, last year I made painings, this year will be blankets probably... in the past ai made soaps, candles, scented oils, bath salts... etc. I try to match the item to the person receiving it. The candles were fun. I matched scents to people... it was hilarious when everyone started passing them around.
Knit and crochet. I want to start sewing
I like to paint and add my own touches to food containers and flower vases. Then I fill them and give them to people.
I have also just gotten into candle making.
By the way. Have you tried crocheting and knitting wire bracelets and necklaces? (With the crochet hook and knitting needles.)Quote:
Originally Posted by GlindaofOz
I am no expert in any craft, I dabble a little in one or the other... :p
Painting (expecially acrylics)
Sometimes fabirc painting too (the odd t shirt... )
Handmade cards
Sew (a little)
Embroidery (when I have the time and patience)
Bead work (still trying... )
Now learning to make party favours (not really make but packing them in beautifull wrappings in different themes)
And hopefully learn new crafts as I go along...
If you have ideas do please share... :D
I like to make small musical instrument kits. One of them would be thumb pianos. There are over 1,000 of them made by kids in the vicinity where I live. I make all of the parts and the kids put them together. They are worth about $60.00 - $75.00 each. No kid has ever had to pay a cent for one of them.
Clough, what in the heck is this art that you mention? I am constantly amazed at what the human being can come up with in the field of arts and crafts! How do you go about learning this art? Where does it originate?
Hi again, UsBlkgal!Quote:
Originally Posted by UsBlkgal
Information and images about thumb pianos can be found on the following links:
Thumb Piano - Google Search
Thumb Piano - Google Image Search
It originates with a desire to help others to understand about music and musical instruments and for one to find a way to achieve that goal.
Over many years, I have been teaching students about multi-cultural music. I have found that the thumb piano is one of the ideal instruments in which to show similarities as well as diversities between instruments contained in boxes and/or resonating chamber, as evolved from the basic drum which came from a hide stretched across a hollow tree trunk. Centuries later, it evolved into the marching drum, banjo, guitar, instruments of the violin family, etc. The list is almost endless.
I had trouble making my kits at first when I started this nearly twenty years ago. But, thanks to a friend who is a former junior high woodworking teacher, I was finally able to mass produce the parts for the kits.
Basically the thumb pianos that I make are a rectangular box. Then you have a bridge on which metal tangents of a certain length are placed. The metal tangents are held in place with some screws through another piece of wood above the bridge. I am trying to make this simple as far as a description, but it is hard to do. But, I think that you will get the idea of basically how they look if you go to link to the image search that I have provided above.
I love woodworking! Basically, they are masterpieces (If I might brag a little!) made of junk! You can find damaged pieces of paneling that are ideal to use for the tops and bottoms of them, then you cut them to the size that you want. Inexpensive wood lathe planned down so that it is almost smooth works great for the sides. You can get oak for the bridge and fixture above it, from discarded pallets, that you just plane down and then cut to the sizes that you need.
The metal tangents for the notes are made from blued, polished spring steel. Making them is the hardest part of this whole process, because all of the notes must be individually cut and shaped accordingly so that they don't scratch the fingers when they are being plucked. The thumb pianos that I make are tuned diatonically, therefore, we can play pieces that we can recognize on them. (Guess who gets to tune the hundreds of notes when making a batch of the kits for a few classes?)
The kids learn how to use a screwdriver, (righty-tighty, lefty-loosey) sand, and also paint as well as being educated about the evolution of musically instruments according to the cultural traditions from which they have evolved. This has been a great experience for many that has involved art, shop and music teachers all at once. It is interdisciplinary as well as a sharing of the teaching talents of many people. A great way to get various departments working together towards one goal.
The same thing can be done with simple dulcimers.
I love to dabble in paint-on anything, on fabrics for wearable art for instance. Or sometimes because an article of clothing is the wrong color. I love naturecrafts,dried flowers, twig wreaths, vases. Papercrafts, handmade papercasts. Edible art, sugar decorations for cakes etc. Lately I am making succulent plant mosaics. I have done commercial art, murals for church, etc. But mostly I just have fun with whatever comes to mind. Seeing something beautiful and pricey in a shop is the BEST inspiration.
I just saw a thumb piano on the internet site of a company called: "Lark in the Morning". Of course I have seen them before but never so many different shapes! I have been buying ethcnic musical instruments from all over the world. I.E. I bought an autoharp and an e flat cornet! (I have played trumpet for thirty-six yrs and have never seen or played something so so strange!) Anyway I saw all kinds of things. I.E. A African Musical instrument, a story tellers drum, a Zulu cocoon rattles, and an ocean harp to name a few.
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I like to crochet, knit, glass beaded jewelry, cross stitch, embroidery punch, canvas stitch, and am now trying my hand at sewing
I have some new instruction books on wire crochet and wire knitting books! You can actually use some of the knitting needles and crochet hooks. But alas, I can't seem to find the time to utilize them. The photos in the books look cool and extremely unique! The stitches are basic stitches too, by the way.
Aww, gee! Thanks so much for the comments!!Quote:
alkalineangel agrees: amazing! Nothing is better for a child than the gift of music.
LearningAsIGo agrees: What a wonderful gift! How very interesting, thanks for sharing :)
UsBlkgal agrees: he is always helpful and goes beyond the call of duty where sound advice is needed!
I enjoy scrapbooking and especially papercrafts. I have a blog dedicated to my projects, thoughts, swaps, and contests that I run that are scrap related. Im really into altered scrap art!
I knit, crochet, sew some, bead (only a very little these days), and make cards--but my passion is for oil pastels--crayons for adults!
I can see now that we have even more things in common, CMM_Kaleido! It would be good to introduce you to some of the more art-oriented individuals from this site, if you are interested.Quote:
Originally Posted by CMM_Kaleido
Please let me know if you are interested in that. Thank you!
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Originally Posted by Clough
Yes, thanks. That would be great.
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Originally Posted by Clough
I can see now that we have even more things in common, CMM_Kaleido! It would be good to introduce you some of the more art-oriented individuals from this site, if you are interested.
Please let me know if you are interested in that. Thank you!
Below is the link.Quote:
Originally Posted by CMM_Kaleido
https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/art/ar...ou-133294.html
The thread is huge! But, please don't be intimidated by it. You might want to skip to some of the pages that are near the end of it. We are a bunch of artists over there who are also very supportive of one another. Please come and join us! Just feel free to pop in and say "Hi!" You will receive a warm welcome there!
Jack of all - Master of none!
I sew, quilt, make ribbon barrettes, scrapbook, stamp, bead, crochet, and just started teaching myself to knit. I also taught One-Stroke painting classes at Michael's craft store for awhile. I'll try just about anything crafty. Love making handmade gifts for everyone. I'm always looking for a new craft to learn. Drives my hubby nuts! :)
Hello, tnt76!
It sounds like you have a lot of things in common with a number of us who are members of this site! We would love to see some of your work sometime!
Hope to see some of your work sometime soon! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by tnt76
Yes, tnt76! It would be good to see some of your work, and also share some things with others of like minds. We do encourage you to do that! Would you like to meet some of the more art-oriented type people on this site?
I paint some (Not very well) I can do a bit of sewing (I am rubbish though) I make models out of clay (I am better at that) does drawing count? If it does then I draw (mainly dragons, dinosaurs, members of the canidae family and other animals).
I am sure that what you make and draw are very precious, mysteryperson123! If you are expressing yourself in various ways, be it in an art of whatever kind, such as a crafting or other way, such as music, drawing, dance, theater, poetry, etc. then you are expressing and exhibiting something that is from your heart. It is also a way of sharing with other people. Oftentimes, it might be hard to express in words what might be better to be able to understand what someone is meaning because of the way that it is expressed as a creation of some kind by the individual.Quote:
Originally Posted by mysteryperson123
It is likely that there will be a thread started soon for the sharing of artistic ideas, inspirations, thoughts, critiques, helpful information and works of many varieties and kinds again here such as happened on The Artist in you! Thread. It would be an all-inclusive thread.
It would be super if you could post images of some of what you have done on it! Of course, you could also post some images on this thread or on a thread that you might start yourself.
Here are some pics of the pictures I draw, there is also one of my plasticene dragon.
Definitely good stuff there mysteryperson123! Thank you for sharing them with us!
I got a few others, just say if you want me to share them.
Hi there! Since you wrote of your interest in Thumb Piano's, thought I would post this one I painted. I took a class so pattern is not my own. This one is different than the ones Clough has designed but the idea is the same. The sound resonates from the back. I will post the image of the back of it when I can find it in my files if you wish. Hope you enjoy viewing it. I sure have enjoyed it and it is so unique that guests in my home can't seem to resist picking it up and at least giving it a try! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by UsBlkgal
Yes, they are hard to resist, jrebel7! And, I do hope that UsBlkgal would return to this site, because I believe that she would have a lot to offer here!
I knit , crochet, bead and sew. .
Do you have any images that you might like to show us here? It would be great if you do!Quote:
Originally Posted by kathylea
Hi Clough, well I have sold all my beading but I do have a roman blind I just finished which I posted a question in the craft section here I will post the pic again though if you like.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...a/IMG_1781.jpg
And another set of curtains I just finished.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...a/IMG_1756.jpg
I love to decorate to. We are renovating at the moment as well.
I do some webpages and like to do signatures and such on my website I also make incredimail skins, letters and screensavers, CardinalLove
Please do post the images wherever they might be appropriate. It's okay to post them in more than one section on this site as long as they roughly fit the topic/theme of the original post of a thread.
Below, are images of some thumb pianos that I have made. I do apologize for the quality of the images. But, at least it gives people some idea as to the type of folk instruments that I make and decorate. Just in case more discussion happens and images get posted on this thread, please know that I am going to be gone for the next few days and will almost certainly be without access to the Internet.
This is really a great thread that was started by LearningAsIGo! And, I do hope that others will continue to come along to contribute to it!
Truly, we do all "Learn As We Go!" It would be great if others would also share their craft ideas here!
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