Weird Arts And Crafts

Post by **algonacchick** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:24 am

I found a gumpaste mold, but you have to make the head and torso, legs, and arms all seperate. That'd be kinda difficult. I'll keep looking. Hey, I found an accordion mold, why not a people mold?

Post by **NovaGreensocks** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:27 am

algonacchick @ Feb 25 2006, 11:24 PM wrote: Hey, I found an accordion mold, why not a people mold?

If you managed to find one, then you could do a "2.0" in your chocolates; make Al and TBITB, with their instruments

Or not, but still..

Post by **algonacchick** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:29 am

I want to do that, but match the cookies with the instruments. I just really prefer doing the cookies, and decorating them with the chocolate. Multi-colored chocolate people would be very labor-intensive.

Post by **NovaGreensocks** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:02 am

Based off my accordion-grams [foldable paper accordion toy/card combo], I made a really small set of bellows and used some craft foam to make the smallest accordion trinket I could. It's by my speakers in this pic, with a quarter for size comparison. Sorry the pic's such low quality; I'm using my super-cheap camera T_T

*Yup, the bellows can squash and stretch. The photo doesn't do justice for the bellows.. Anyway...

I'll try to do a tutorial sooner or later [for the accordion-grams at least. Dave knows what they look like; I sent him one of the prototypes XD]

weirdalfan95 · Post by **weirdalfan95** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:27 am

Holy cow, Nova, that is AWESOME! I would so love one of those!

Post by **NovaGreensocks** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:36 am

Thanks

The bellows are the hardest part, and after a little practice, it's easy. All you do is pleat paper like you would with a paper fan [though you gotta make sure that the pleats are even]. I'll try to explain without pictures [I'll make a visual tutorial when I can]; Take a piece of lined paper [notebook'll do], and cut 4 pieces. Two wide rectangles, and two more with the same length, and a shorter width. The shorter pieces need small cuts in the sides on every other line. Then pleat the paper using the lines as guides. You'll start to get a "feel" for how the pleats fit. Once you know it's right, glue each pleat carefully to get open bellows ---> l_l
Carefully tuck the pleats from the last piece of paper [with a bit of glue, of course]. Then, press the bellows together, and pull them [make sure none of the folds stick]. By this time, the bellows should look right. If any paper sticks out, you can clip it. If none of what I just said makes sense, sorry; I'm horrible at explaining this kind of stuff. I'm better at visual instruction.

weirdalfan95 · Post by **weirdalfan95** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:38 am

Wow, yeah, sorry to say that kinda was hard to understand. I can wait for visual instructions.

Post by **NovaGreensocks** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:47 am

Haha, I had a feeling it would be hard to understand. Well, tomorrow, I'll try to at least draw a how-to, since the cheap camera barely shows the bellows T_T

weirdalfan95 · Post by **weirdalfan95** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:51 am

Actually, I see 'em fine. That's the best part about the accordion you made. The bellows are so realistic!

Post by **algonacchick** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:37 pm

That's very cool, Nova! I want one!