Needlewomen do not cease to surprise their buyers and close to interesting creations. Master trying to expand their range with the help of new techniques. Beginners are difficult to keep up with them, but there are areas of creativity that do not require special talents and efforts. Many attracts simplicity and attractiveness of Iris Folding. This kind of needlework helps beautifully draw up various things using ordinary paper.
Advantages of technology
Books, panels and paintings, decorated with the help of Iris Folding, look extraordinary and beautiful. Interesting equipment originated in Holland, where the inhabitants of the country came the idea to use paper and cardboard to create volumetric works with spiral patterns. The essence of this art lies in the selection of several combined shades of paper and distribute them at a certain angle.
The popular area has three important advantages:
- simplicity of technology development;
- availability and minimum materials;
- The ability to create your own templates and plots.
Bright and textured crafts attract the look and pushed to independently making interesting things. Iris Folding technology offers various options for creatures. For children pick up lung patterns And adults can make more complex compositions. Exact art often becomes a hobby for craftsmen who wish to expand their capabilities in the area of needlework.
Stages of work are concluded in the workpiece of the material, the manufacture or fill in the finished template and the fastening of the product to the base. Typically, the technique is mastered by existing templates.
Experienced needlewomen create their own stencils for which they form their design and make unique crafts. As a material, you can use not only paper, but also dried leaves, fabrics or ribbons.
The subject of work on Iris Folding technology can be any. This kind of needlework allows you to create beautiful postcards for a wedding and a new year, it is interesting to design caskets and books for gifts, as well as make original paintings, panels and other elements of decor on the walls.
Creative process
Any newcomer needs a master class for making craft to master the new technology. Art Iris Folding will not cause special problems, but before work it is necessary to purchase certain materials and tools. For the project you will need:
- Colored paper 3-5 shades;
- Fat cardboard for the main background;
- simple pencil;
- line;
- scissors;
- clips;
- Scotch;
- stationery knife.
In order not to spoil the table on which the work will be performed, you should use a board or a different tight surface. It will protect furniture from scratches and other damage. First you need to decide on the type of craft. Usually the first work is a small picture or panel.
As a template, a simple geometric shape is often taken, for example, a square or a circle. The sample is created using dense cardboard. And you can find on the Internet and print a finished stencil.
Simple, but the original applique will be with maple leaves. It is printed on paper, and then transfer to cardboard and cut silhouette. With the finished cardboard basis, you can proceed to the main job:
- The face of the workpiece from cardboard is applied to the stencil and fix the materials by stationery clips.
- From the colored paper, the strips of 2.5-3 cm wide and fold each one separately along in half. Their quantity depends on the size of the planned craft.
- Based on the parameters of the prepared parts.
- The resulting blanks of various shades are noted by numbers and glued them to the base. Put elements in accordance with the numbering on the planned pattern. Styling of colored stripes can be alternate or chaotic.
- The first few blanks glue on the cardboard basis, and the following - partially on the cardboard and the adjacent element.
- In the middle of the painting glue a small square of paper of any shade. It serves as the completion of the picture.
- From the wrong side, the cardboard base is covered with a white sheet. To lock it with the help of a pencil glue.
You can upload the strips by the harmonica, so that the drawing turns out to be volumetric. Such an effect is often used when creating a Christmas tree.
The front side can be decorated with beads, ribbons, stickers or minor figures cut out of paper. Additional details serve fraco th or picture elements.
Crafts in Eris Folding technique can become an original home interior decoration. For their manufacture, no expensive materials and tools are required. This kind of needlework will be an excellent hobby for children and adults.