A Small Drill. Upgrading an Instrument.
To finish with the topic of instruments, I’ll show you what I bought for my drill. I bought a Dremel drill a long time ago when I just started playing with making dolls and having a drill was a requirement. I knew nothing about drills but had heard about Dremel, so I bought it. I understood...
Anything Can Be an Instrument or a Ruler for Making Ball Joints
One of the most creative aspects of any art for me is looking for (and finding) new uses for usual objects. A hair rubber band becomes a marker for knitting, a hairpin starts pinning the row on the embroidery design, a needle and a crochet hook become sculpting instruments and glass bottles make...
Adventures With a Portrait
In May of 2009 my mom and I spent a week in Saint Petersburg. One day we went to Mikhailovsky castle where they have some exhibitions for the Russiam Museum and I saw this portrait: Pavel’s portrait It had such an impression on me that I completely forgot to look at the name of the...
What Is Inside a Knife or Never Buy Cheap Instruments
The whole knife I bought this set about a year ago. Three holders and several knives. Everything was well until I started using them for more challenging tasks. Finally, the knife snapped in two when I was cutting through a thick layer of LaDoll. The broken...
Bead Mosaic
Once I saw figures of animals decorated with beads that the Huichol people make I have been obsessed with this technique. They cover the surface of a wooden figure with bee wax and then push beads into the wax. I didn’t have any wax, so I used PVA glue instead. The base is a wooden vase and...
An Afghan Crocheted in a Spiral
Let me give you an introduction. A long-long time ago when the Earth was still warm and populated by dinosaurs, I found a design for knitting a “kimono” (more like a short jacket with large sleeves) made up of squares. Each square consisted of four triangles that were knitted off the...
Bad Wolf
A felted toy – Bad Wolf This wolf was created for the person who “hooked” me on the “Doctor Who” shoe. I have a lot of things connected with that show but this wolf was first. Bad Wolf and his box He is dry felted (with a special needle) and has...
Eggshell Mammoth
One day several years ago I got ill. Just a cold. Nothing serious. But I couldn’t go outside and didn’t have anything to do at home. What can one do in this situation? You can make eggshell mosaics! I already had eggs but couldn’t force myself to start the project. So I could say...
Anchor Boogeyman
“Yokarny Babai” is a kind of mild swearing in Russian. “Babai” is Boogeyman. The first word is absolutely unique to this expression. I decided to make one. I looked it up and one of the theories stated that “Yokarny” comes from “yakorny” – an...
Hamster for Our Forum’s Anniversary
Today froum homya4ki.ru is celebrating its 5th anniversary. We didn’t plan on launching it on the first of April (the Fool’s day) but it’s rather fitting because our forum is not only cozy but also rather witty. I decided to do something special for the anniversary and designed...
