So here I sit with my first challenge: turning newspaper into a bowl (see my Make It So page). I could go down the route of papier maché but I don't fancy doing that right now, particularly as it's Sunday and this bowl has to be dry and finished by Tuesday. No, I'm looking for a non-mushy, fast drying, free standing way of doing this, and one that won't require too much work at the end to make sure it holds together for longer than a week. I love African basket weaving so I'd quite like to make a coiled bowl... of sorts, inspired by Zulu grass baskets. I've decided to not only work with newspaper and glue, but also with sash window cord, which should make coiling easier as well as give more shape to the final object.
To digress just ever so slightly... A couple of times a month I get together with some of the ladies in the neighbourhood for a creative evening of dinner, making and chatting. Thursday was my turn to do the hosting. I decided that my creative contribution would be to make Lorraine Pascale's delicious Parmesan and poppy seed lollipops. So I did. They were easy to make, fun and a great hit.
Anyway, enough procrastinating. Must dash... I have a bowl to conjure up!
Dale
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