Tape Creations... - Page 7

glatt · 12-22-2007, 07:44 AM

I like those. It's cool how the smaller ornament is nestled inside the larger one. I've seen glass ornaments with a similar style.

Happy Monkey · 12-22-2007, 03:35 PM

Thanks! I've done a few other nestled ornaments, but the reflective property of the foil tape adds something. Unfortunately, the opaque property means that the light is seldom as nice as a camera flash.

Griff · 12-22-2007, 03:45 PM

Whoa, those are neat. Are they a lot harder to do than the earlier ones?

Happy Monkey · 12-23-2007, 12:07 AM

Foil is harder, in that mistakes show much more obviously. This particular foil is still harder, in that, as actual duct repair tape, the glue is extremely strong, making mistakes much easier to make.

The shapes are no more complicated than anything I've done before, but the material's a challenge.

And I must confess that I positioned the pieces so as to not completely display how well I met that challenge.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-23-2007, 12:29 PM

HM, you need a hobby.
No, wait... you have one... nevermind.

Happy Monkey · 12-23-2007, 12:34 PM

Here are most of the balls I've made over the years. The ones that aren't on the tree or hanging from the chandelier.

Razzmatazz13 · 12-23-2007, 11:06 PM

These are SO cool!

Happy Monkey · 12-23-2007, 11:57 PM

Thanks!

glatt · 12-12-2008, 11:51 AM

Hey Happy Monkey, you've been scarce lately.

Did you happen to see yesterday's Washington Post Express? In the Weekend Pass section, they had a picture of some artworks that looked exactly like your tape craft, but made of paper. Artist Denise Bookwalter is having a show at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Silver Spring. Might be worth a look.

LabRat · 12-12-2008, 12:53 PM

intellectual snowflakish? wtf is that?? lol

Happy Monkey · 12-12-2008, 11:16 PM

Interesting.

It looks like modular origami with patterns for cutout papercraft on each facet. One thing that comes to mind is that origami avoids cutting or gluing, while the patterns on the facets are designed to be cut out and glued together.

I'm not sure I get it, especially it's connection to aircraft (as per her website), but that may be why I consider my stuff craft, rather than art. I find it hard to consider it to have a message of any sort. Or, unfortunately, to grasp (or bring my own) meaning to someone else's.

Pico and ME · 12-12-2008, 11:24 PM

I like them.

Happy Monkey · 12-12-2008, 11:39 PM

Oh, yes. I do like them, I just don't think I get them.

wolf · 12-13-2008, 01:06 AM

HM, yours are WAY cooler.

Happy Monkey · 12-13-2008, 11:05 AM

Thanks!

12-22-2007, 03:35 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Thanks! I've done a few other nestled ornaments, but the reflective property of the foil tape adds something. Unfortunately, the opaque property means that the light is seldom as nice as a camera flash. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-22-2007, 03:45 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Whoa, those are neat. Are they a lot harder to do than the earlier ones? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-23-2007, 12:07 AM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Foil is harder, in that mistakes show much more obviously. This particular foil is still harder, in that, as actual duct repair tape, the glue is extremely strong, making mistakes much easier to make. The shapes are no more complicated than anything I've done before, but the material's a challenge. And I must confess that I positioned the pieces so as to not completely display how well I met that challenge. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-23-2007, 12:29 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	HM, you need a hobby. No, wait... you have one... nevermind. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-23-2007, 12:34 PM	#6
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Here are most of the balls I've made over the years. The ones that aren't on the tree or hanging from the chandelier. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-22-2007, 07:44 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I like those. It's cool how the smaller ornament is nestled inside the larger one. I've seen glass ornaments with a similar style.

12-23-2007, 11:06 PM	#7
Razzmatazz13 Vicariously, I live... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,221	These are SO cool! __________________ I have some people I need to have smoted. ~ SteveDallas

12-23-2007, 11:57 PM	#8
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Thanks! __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-12-2008, 11:51 AM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Hey Happy Monkey, you've been scarce lately. Did you happen to see yesterday's Washington Post Express? In the Weekend Pass section, they had a picture of some artworks that looked exactly like your tape craft, but made of paper. Artist Denise Bookwalter is having a show at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Silver Spring. Might be worth a look. Attached Images

12-12-2008, 12:53 PM	#10
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	intellectual snowflakish? wtf is that?? lol __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

12-12-2008, 11:16 PM	#11
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Interesting. It looks like modular origami with patterns for cutout papercraft on each facet. One thing that comes to mind is that origami avoids cutting or gluing, while the patterns on the facets are designed to be cut out and glued together. I'm not sure I get it, especially it's connection to aircraft (as per her website), but that may be why I consider my stuff craft, rather than art. I find it hard to consider it to have a message of any sort. Or, unfortunately, to grasp (or bring my own) meaning to someone else's. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-12-2008, 11:24 PM	#12
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I like them.

12-12-2008, 11:39 PM	#13
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Oh, yes. I do like them, I just don't think I get them. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-13-2008, 01:06 AM	#14
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	HM, yours are WAY cooler. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-13-2008, 11:05 AM	#15
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Thanks! __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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