One of my "new loves" has been weaving with paper. It is just so methodical and mesmirizing as the weaving progresses around the center start. In this case, I cut the strips of cardstock paper with a hand cranked paper shredder that I picked up cheaper than cheap at a garage sale. The strips are not quite 1/8", but more like 5/32" and had a bit of a rough edge, probable due to dull blades. This turned out to be advantageous, because it gave the weaving a bit of "stick". The newly formed fabric was then creased and folded and formed, no coerced into shape. To me, it needed to be "presented" in a more upscaled kind of way. I wanted to show it off as more of a museum type of piece. I had a shadow box, that I had bought for some other craft project and the color matched nicely.
My photography skills are a bit lacking,
but I got the look that I wanted.
Above is a detail of the corner... it took some practice to get the corner to behave and be nice and sharp... next time I won't fold the piece into 3rd's, just measure the overlap that I think would like nice... but I love it jus the same... hope you do too.
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