Water Bottle Chandelier

Although not made of paper, this chandelier is cute and fun. Instead, the crafter here uses water bottles. Looks like a good way to up-cycle your used water bottles, and gives me a little inspiration for my spiky paper lamp. http://zomoc.com/diy-water-bottle-chandelier.html

Paper Dress

On Pinterest, of course, I found a fashion designer, Diana Gamboa, that made an entire line out of paper. It's pretty inspiring to see what one can do with the material, and helps me feel a little more confident in paper manipulation, as I was getting worried this week about the lamp. Heres the link


http://www.mikapoka.com/2011/02/please-do-not-iron.html

Layout

I was reading an interview from Urban Outfitters on Alexa Chung, and I really liked the page layout. You hit the arrows side to side, but scroll up and down to read. I thought it was really seamless, simple and elegant. 

Lighting

I saw this light online, I think it could be a great thing to try with paper. It creates really interesting lines in the rest of the space. I also like the mirroring on the bulb. 

Art From the Ages

My art history textbook is discussing early medieval art this week. The Chi Rho Iota page from the gospel Book of Kells (early 9th century) features some pretty intense interlace and decoration. This layout would be an astounding amount of work with a computer, I can't imagine doing it by hand. Learning about the way monks would assemble these gospel books, not to mention the hundreds of lambs that had to be slaughtered to make the vellum, gives me a new appreciation for printing and binding today. 

Paper Techniques

This week I've been working on different paper manipulating techniques. 25 on regular printer paper and then 25 on Bristol board. So far some of my favorites are inspired from an email I got from Madwell, where the paper is ripped back revealing other paper.

Glasses in Class

Someone was having fun posting an infographic about students and their glasses habits on the BDS chalkboard. I liked the elementary school training guides on the title, and filled in glasses to show percentage. Definitely making notes.