Here it is for you to see. I'll also be printing it out for personal display.
Thank you TSOTE for the image link :)
6 months ago
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The original concept came from a replacement of weekly "what are we up to" emails to family. How often it's updated may vary.
If you want I have some red and white felt, I can make you a physical one?
ReplyDeleteThe more I got to thinking about it, the more I considered actually making one out of paper mache (is that spelled right?). I don't have any way to paint it, but hey... the kids have markers. I just don't have a clue how to even start since I haven't done paper mache since elementary school. You're artistic. Any suggestions/instructions?
ReplyDeletePapier mache is essentially water, flour and newspaper. The wiki entry can help you out with the recipe, but basically water and flour mixed to a thick consistency. Dip the newspaper in and then work as desired. Add oil of cloves or something similar to prevent mold. As for making the shape...
ReplyDeleteA daruma can either be egg-shaped or peanut shaped. For an egg, just ball up large sheets of newspaper to make a rough oval of the desired size. For a peanut, ball up two separate sheets of newspapers to make two balls and then tape one on top of the other, squishing them to make the rough basic shape.
Once you have the desired core shapes, start wrapping short strips of newspaper dipped in the flour-water mix to create the outer shell of the daruma. Once the core(s) are completely wrapped up in strips, you can start adding short strips to specific locations to build them up, flesh them out and/or to fill in bumps and gaps. work the strips in with your thumbs or fingers to squeeze out extra paste and to remove air bubbles. This will also make the strips bond together better. To dry, either place on something non-bondable, like wax paper or saran wrap, or hang from a wire. One suggestion for the wire approach is to take an eye screw and screw it into the base of the daruma, and attach the wire or string to the eye of the screw.
Make sure you have enough newspaper to start with, and tear up lots of strips in advance so you don't have to worry about it later. The problem with newspaper though is the ink makes it hard to color it later with markers. So, when you're done with the basic shape of the daruma, you may want to use strips of plain white paper to make the final outer layer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_mache
For the shape just use a balloon. You can blow it to the desired shape, it also shrinks or a needle will pop it so it's easy to take out. I have plenty of paint that I can put into containers and give to grandpa to give to you if the makers don't work (which they might not because paper mache is absorbant and might just absorb the color so it doesn't show).
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