Paper Crafting

The fly is one of appoximately 85,000 different insects known as dipterans. These creatures can be found just about anywhere on earth, from sub-Aretic conditions to the serene environnement of the high mountains. The fly has an unremitting pursuit for food and drink: however, flies are one of the most important parts of the food chain.

Butterflies are very colorful inspects with four large wings. These wings are covered with tiny scales. Butterflies have a  selender body and selender antennae. Many of the caterpillars we see are actually butterflies in their larva stage.

 Partricia Zapata makes use of the three-dimensional quality of paper to create beautiful but practical objects such as lampshades, gift boxes, stationery, and calendars. South African Heather Moore and Emily Hogarth may live on opposite sides of the Equator, but both have a similar interest in applying paper-cut design to textiles. Pattern and repetition are important in their designs. Moore's fabric includess "herds", which feature repeated patterns of a single cow from a cave painting or a repeated solitary mongoose, horse, or deer. Her fabric is sold by the meter and is readily made into cushions, tea towels, or aprons. Hogarth's imagery borrows primarily from nature, including highland cattle, mountains, and flowers. She focuses on the pattern and geometry that can be found in the natural world; a recurring interest seems to be flowers with big, bold petals.




Peter Callesen, a Danish artist who creates both life-size and A4-size works, also dares to challenge, Callesen's cut images emerge from the page like litte sculpture's attachement to this negative space gives the image an element of tragedy; it is as though the figures are trying to escape but can't; Birds can't properly take flight, and skeletons
cna't walk away from their graves. A continual theme is 'the dying swan," which he explains is a hybdir of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Ugly Duckling" and a human figure.

From time immemorial, people have given bouquets to express love, gratitude, and congratulations. This bright bouquet of yellow and orange roses has a simple, unpretentious beauty. Attach a card to this handmade bouquet to make a wonderful gift - or use it to decorate your home. (The bouquet is designed to hold the roses in a flower basket).

Geese are large wild or domestic waterfowl with long neeks. They gather in large flocks feeding on grasses seeds, and aquatic plants in grassy marches and grain fields. Geese can be quite noisy, and they build nests on the ground from piles of grasses, roots, and sticks.

 
Spiders (arachnids) can be found all over the word. These are thousands of different kinds of spiders ranging in size and color. A female spider lays more than a thousand eggs at a time. When the eggs hatch, the baby spiders look like tiny versions of their full grown parents.

The robin lives in open woodlands, forest edges, gardens, and city parks. Robins can build nests from mud, grass, and twigs. The chicks stay in the nest for about two weeks. After the chicks leave the nest, the male parent feeds therm and teaches them to pull worms from the ground. Their appearance is often seen as a sign of Spring.

1. Fold a piece of green construction paper in half, then cut it in half.


   2. Put the two pieces together, and fold them in half again.


   3. Draw half a Christmas tree opposite the fold.


   4. Cut along the line - you should get two identical trees.


    5. Fold the trees in half, just barely creasing the center line (this is to mark the center of the tree).