The jury is still out on whether it should be painted or not. Jessica votes No, she says, she likes that you can see what it's made of; I say Yes, because I think it could look really amazing if painted. The bowl is surprisingly strong. (I think I *will* paint it - it's mine, after all!)
A word of caution: Rolling all those pages is VERY hard on the hand muscles. I suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome, repaired in one hand but not in the other. After completing this bowl, BOTH my hands were numb, tingling and aching for days. I'm sad about that, because it was fun to sit and do and I'd love to make more and play with different shapes, but I do need to take care of my hands. If I lose the use of them, I'd be a wreck.
3 comments:
great idea - as for painting it, I can't make up my mind - I agree with both of you!
I love it. Have some bowls too - not from paper but yucky plastic things covered in fabric - my best one was a gift to my dear friend Gill Collett - I hgave it to her just before she died. Bowls to me are ao symbolic of life - they can hold anything. Fancy finding you here although I do remember now you said you had a blog - I have created one now. Very new at this so is boring - I'm sure I'll learn.
Howdy Claudia!
Allow me to introduce you! {evil grin} - Claudia is a very talented fibre artist living in the same small place as me (there are quite a number of us here). She has a great semse of the quirky and absurd which makes for gorgeous art. Welcome to the blogosphere, Claudia!
Karen
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