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Category Archives: paper toy
How to Make a Wind Spinner
It has been blustery here for a couple of weeks, but I discovered how to make the wind stop blowing: build a wind spinner and try to make a video of it in action.
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Hither and Thither
A number of things were accomplished this week but the biggest project was selecting the images for my upcoming Zoom presentation for the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild.
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A Lucky Shamrock Bookmark
Although I am about one quarter Irish, Saint Patrick’s Day was never a big deal in our household. My father once made green shamrock-shaped pancakes when St. Paddy’s Day fell on a Sunday, but that is the only time I … Continue reading
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Memory
I have been working on another piece about childhood memories. (You can find a DIY version of Fragile, a previous memory-based work, here.) I am using a folded structure that I created four years ago. This model has been floating … Continue reading
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A Last-Minute Valentine Bookmark
Pinterest has been offering me bookmarks lately. I couldn’t resist adapting the two-part butterfly for a Valentine bookmark.
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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: The Index
In the hope that this will make it easier for you to find things that you remember seeing in this year’s Advent Calendar, here is an Index. Clicking on the title will take you to the post. ***** Byopia Press … Continue reading
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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Twenty-five and a New Year Star Kusudama
Perhaps this isn’t the best day to make the New Year Star Kusudama, but there might be time during the next week to complete it and have it ready for your New Year celebrations.
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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Twenty-four and the 2023 NASA Moon Phases Calendar
I have posted about the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator before, but since it fits so nicely with the Circle theme of this year’s Advent Calendar, here it is again.
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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Twenty-three and a Perpetual Calendar
Weeks and years go around in a circle. This means that it is possible to make a perpetual calendar, a calendar that will work for every year.
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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Nineteen and a Paper Moon
Today’s project is a round book with pages made from folded circles. It opens from two sides and can be unfolded into a sphere.