For work, collect the following materials:
- magazine or newspaper sheets;
- scissors;
- a thin long skewer, a pen rod or a knitting needle;
- PVA glue;
- 0.5 l jar;
- thick cardboard;
- pencil;
- blue acrylic paint;
- a piece of foam;
- any natural material (for example, cones).
Take a newspaper. The larger it is, the longer the tubes for weaving will be.
Cut the newspaper to length.
Take one strip of paper. Attach the rod from the pen (knitting needle, thin stick) to the lower right corner. Pressing the corner against the rod, begin to curl the paper.
Gradually you will get a thin paper tube.
Coat the corner with PVA glue and securely fix it to the tube. This will prevent your workpiece from unwinding.
Remove the rod. The paper tube is ready!
Using the same method, wind about 20-25 tubes.
Now draw 2 circles of the same diameter on a piece of cardboard. You can use a 0.5-liter jar as a stencil.
Cut out circles. Glue 13 tubes onto one of them, as shown in the photo. Lubricate them with PVA glue on top too.
Then place the second circle and press with your hands.
Leave the workpiece overnight so that the glue dries and the tubes stick securely to the circles.
In the morning, work can continue. Take a half-liter jar, place it on a cardboard circle and bend all the paper tubes up. The jar is needed for even, neat weaving.
Now take one paper tube, bend it in half and put it on one of the base tubes.
Weaving begins. The half of the tube, which is in the foreground, should intertwine the vertical stick and lie in the background of the work. Then the front part again intertwines the nearby vertical stick.
Gradually, a weave will emerge.
When the tube becomes short, it will need to be extended.
To do this, 2 additional tubes are put on the edges (extension).
The weaving continues.
Make sure that the coils lie evenly and are not too tight.
When you reach the neck of the jar, you can finish the work. Glue the remaining ends of the tube inside.
The jar is removed. The weaving is reliable.
All that remains is to trim the edges of the vertical tubes.
The result is an interesting paper vase.
If you paint it with blue acrylic paint, it will look like this.
Before filling it with natural material, the bottom needs to be reinforced with a piece of polystyrene foam.
It is convenient to fix cones, branches of pine, thuja and juniper on it.
It makes a great winter composition.
Natural material can be changed according to the seasons, but the vase will remain the same. The craft looks very beautiful!
