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The boxes have been covered and are waiting for the image. There are several ways I provide images one is by using some beautiful papers (I test out to see how they will look behind light) and I use images from where ever I can find them. If I found an image that I knew was copyright free, I could bring it into photo shop after scanning or dowloading from a cd and make it the right size through cropping and such. Many of the images that I use are from old books and designs that need a great deal of work to bring them to their original format so at times hours upon hours are spent cleaning up old works. After measuring my openings in my lanterns, I resize the image and prepare it for printing.
I use a laser jet printer, as toner does not fade and inkjet printers do. I use a translucent vellum type paper (it is really plastic I think) to print on that really makes them "POP" as the elusive they say. After printing, (before I print on the exspensive paper I make sure it is going to work by doing some preprints on regular paper) I dab some glue around the inside frame opening and place that image in. This is done very carefully. Just a little tap into place at first and then I check out how it looks. This paper and glue make it hard to move once it is down so to check it out first makes for happier moments. When using papers not vellums I am very careful as the paper can be very fragil and I don't want to tear it. There all done, starting to look like something.
To finish the boxes, I first put a inner lid of book board in the top so the top of the boxes will have something to be glued to and to stabilize the box. Measurements of the box and plus I add one inch per side for overhang and cut two, cover and make sure one has a hole cut out of it. After the cloth has dried, they rectangles are glued to top and bottom with a heavy book on top so the top and bottom are nice and flat and glue up well.
The final touches are the balls that have been painted red first and then gold. Not hard to figure out where to glue them. When ever I paint anything gold I first coat them with red -I read that somewhere. ;-)
Put in one of those little lights that have a 4 watt cool bulb inside.
Bingo - I have lanterns.
There are lots of ways to finish up the lanerns-that was just one way. The covered boxes that aren't quite finished will have some dowels up the sides and through the top and bottom lid pieces and who knows what I will do with them then. Stay tuned and if not-
See you around town,
Janet
The boxes have been covered and are waiting for the image. There are several ways I provide images one is by using some beautiful papers (I test out to see how they will look behind light) and I use images from where ever I can find them. If I found an image that I knew was copyright free, I could bring it into photo shop after scanning or dowloading from a cd and make it the right size through cropping and such. Many of the images that I use are from old books and designs that need a great deal of work to bring them to their original format so at times hours upon hours are spent cleaning up old works. After measuring my openings in my lanterns, I resize the image and prepare it for printing.
I use a laser jet printer, as toner does not fade and inkjet printers do. I use a translucent vellum type paper (it is really plastic I think) to print on that really makes them "POP" as the elusive they say. After printing, (before I print on the exspensive paper I make sure it is going to work by doing some preprints on regular paper) I dab some glue around the inside frame opening and place that image in. This is done very carefully. Just a little tap into place at first and then I check out how it looks. This paper and glue make it hard to move once it is down so to check it out first makes for happier moments. When using papers not vellums I am very careful as the paper can be very fragil and I don't want to tear it. There all done, starting to look like something.
To finish the boxes, I first put a inner lid of book board in the top so the top of the boxes will have something to be glued to and to stabilize the box. Measurements of the box and plus I add one inch per side for overhang and cut two, cover and make sure one has a hole cut out of it. After the cloth has dried, they rectangles are glued to top and bottom with a heavy book on top so the top and bottom are nice and flat and glue up well.
The final touches are the balls that have been painted red first and then gold. Not hard to figure out where to glue them. When ever I paint anything gold I first coat them with red -I read that somewhere. ;-)
Put in one of those little lights that have a 4 watt cool bulb inside.
Bingo - I have lanterns.
There are lots of ways to finish up the lanerns-that was just one way. The covered boxes that aren't quite finished will have some dowels up the sides and through the top and bottom lid pieces and who knows what I will do with them then. Stay tuned and if not-
See you around town,
Janet
1 comment:
Looking good J! Charming lanterns. Good tip about the red underlying a gold paint. It really gives a nice warm touch. Love the blog too.
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