Jumping Jack

Some quick and dirty shots of a new jumping jack - This one will be made into a paper jumping jack - I've never bothered doing that before but people have asked about it so I thought i'd give it a go :)

Scans for the paper version



Photos (bad again!)

I'm in love

That's right- in love, but not with a mortal human, oh no...With a trimming shop. Ok, that sounds patehtic, and yet, if you see this place you'll be in love too! The photographs are stunning and are making me desperate to buy supplies and create some kind of bird of paradise head dress...As soon as I get paid..Regard the loveliness:









The place in question is Nicholas Kniel and hopefully something wearable will emerge from me ordering lovely things, and not just me stashing yards of beautfiul ribbon.

Next ace place i've found is Ponoko
It's made quite a splash since it launched a few days ago, and as such the site is practically unusable - well at least you can't log in but you can browse around and find out what it's all about. Essentially it allows you to design and upload eps files to be lasercut from various materials, a local laser cutters (the closest to you) sends you the cut materials....It means it's cheaper and less environmentally damaging for a person to have things produced. If it works out it might just be one of the best services to happen for me...I love to make things from wood, but I am a terrible cutter and I just do not have space or finances for proper tools...This would be a life saver - as soon as I can log in!

Other news is that I joined the Glasgow Craft Mafia yay! They are a great bunch of girls (and one man!) and are getting ready to launch officially in October. I will be helping with the launch as much as possible and will be going to the event, it should be a great evening to see what everyone's doing and do some self-promotion. I will post photos.

Other than that I went out on Friday night and got a bit drunk - well quite drunk actually, and had a great time. Saturday was a tender time which involved a massive lunch with freinds and then a fragile walk up the hill home...It was good to let my hair down though.

Devillish Automaton

Well, the clock now lies in a heap, partially abandoned. I don't mind saying it wasn't the most logical way to build a clock, it came in many layers of card so that you had to glue (up to 21!) layers of card together to make one cog! There are about 15 cogs! However, it did give me an idea so I set about making an automaton, after inspiration from this great book:




I decided to do a really simple mechanism based on the Devillish Sweet and Cake Maker, you pull a cord, his mouth opens (you put a sweetie inside) you let go and his mouth closes. After a few minutes of jumping up and down while you wait, you can now open his mouth again and eat the sweet in the firm knowledge that you deserve it!

Below are the original drawing, in progress shots and the final version.









I'm quite happy with the way it turned out, although the photographs aren't great. I need a new camera really. But anyway, it's for sale in my Etsy shop here.