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The Sustainable<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> and<br />

<strong>Crafts</strong><br />

Book


Sustainable <strong>Arts</strong> and <strong>Crafts</strong> Competition<br />

Winner<br />

The Sustainable <strong>Arts</strong> and <strong>Crafts</strong> Book<br />

There is a sustainable artist inside all of us and this book is designed to inspire and<br />

develop your artistic tendencies. This book is full of crafts that can help you save money<br />

and reuse unwanted items around your house at the same time. The book also features<br />

entries from the Sustainable <strong>Arts</strong> and <strong>Crafts</strong> Competition together with professional<br />

artists on Anglesey working with recycled materials.<br />

The Sustainable <strong>Arts</strong> and <strong>Crafts</strong> Competition encouraged budding artists to look at<br />

the materials most people would consider to be rubbish and make something creative<br />

with them. The competition prize provided the winning artist with the skills to launch<br />

themselves in to the commercial art arena with a personal workshop from Janet Bell<br />

one of Anglesey’s most commercially successful artists. The winning entry, Tin Horses,<br />

was selected from five shortlisted finalists. The top three are featured in this book,<br />

together with details of professional artists on the island who you may find a source of<br />

inspiration as they highlight the materials they use to create their art from old clothing<br />

and spoons to sea glass and bits of discarded metal.<br />

Runners up<br />

Rachel Rosen’s innovative piece was<br />

first past the winning post. It is imaginatively crafted from an<br />

old rocking horse that was rescued from a skip. An old saw<br />

becomes the horse’s head with copper wire for the mane and<br />

tail. The horse’s coat is made from tin cans. The Judges liked<br />

the artistic beauty and the innovative use of a wide range of<br />

recycled materials.<br />

Importantly, there are craft ideas for all occasions from surprising a Valentine, to<br />

decorating the house at Christmas. While they are fun for all the family to make they<br />

are also very inexpensive and turn unwanted materials into desirable objects. There are<br />

easy to follow instructions with pictures making them easy to make. Take time to enjoy<br />

making the items and let the sustainable artist in you and your family flourish.<br />

Jan Cross<br />

crafted a lampshade from<br />

Tin Can ring pulls that are<br />

woven together with silver<br />

strips. A recycled barrel<br />

lampshade provides the<br />

frame for the piece making<br />

it a functional as well as<br />

decorative work of art.<br />

David<br />

Halpin’s<br />

innovative sculpture Vido<br />

shows what can be made<br />

from old video tape. Wittily<br />

named, Vido’s body is made<br />

from video tape boxes and<br />

his glossy coat is made from<br />

the video tape itself.<br />

Elin Steel’s<br />

ballet dress made from<br />

old leather ballet shoes,<br />

recycled fabrics and dresses.<br />

Jean<br />

Roberts-Cox’s<br />

Welsh welcome mat crafted<br />

from different types of old<br />

material.<br />

03


Rose Clock<br />

Decorate picture frames, clocks,<br />

mirrors or boxes with these<br />

roses. They are easily made from<br />

egg boxes and brighten up your<br />

day. A dozen roses or a single one<br />

as a gift for someone special will<br />

make their day.<br />

You will need:<br />

Old egg boxes<br />

(two individual egg holders per<br />

rose), PVA glue and paint.<br />

How to:<br />

1. For each rose cut out two egg holders from the egg box.<br />

2. Tear 4 petal shapes out of the top of each holder, make<br />

the edges ragged.<br />

3. Stick one holder inside the other making sure that the<br />

petal shapes are not aligned.<br />

4. Tear a strip of card from the lid of the box and<br />

roll it tightly.<br />

5. Stick this into the centre of the holder to make an<br />

inner petal. It may unravel slightly for a natural effect.<br />

6. Allow the glue to dry for an hour.<br />

7. Paint your rose with two coats of paint allowing them<br />

to dry between coats. For a natural effect use red, yellows<br />

oranges and whites. For a funky effect try turquoises<br />

and purples.<br />

8. Stick the roses to the items you want to decorate.<br />

8.<br />

2.<br />

3.<br />

7.<br />

Valentine Hearts<br />

Decorate your room on<br />

Valentine’s Day with romantic<br />

Heart shaped bunting<br />

You will need: Pink and red<br />

card or stiff paper, pencil, ruler,<br />

wool, sewing needle, scissors,<br />

stapler.<br />

Valentine’s Lanterns<br />

Stunning but easy lanterns to make. An old tin can help create<br />

a romantic candle lit evening for two or enhance a summer<br />

evening garden party.<br />

You will need: Clean tin can, nail and hammer or a drill,<br />

pencil and paper, sticky tape, paint, tea light.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Wrap a piece of paper around the outside of the tin and<br />

trim it to size to make a template.<br />

2. Fill the can with water and leave in the freezer overnight<br />

until the water completely freezes.<br />

3. Draw a design on the paper template that the light<br />

will shine through.<br />

4. Tape the template to the side of the tin.<br />

5. Carefully punch or drill holes into the side of the tin can<br />

using your design as a guide.<br />

6. Remove the ice and the template and place a tea light<br />

inside the can.<br />

7. Paint the outside of the can in acrylic or gloss paint.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Mark out your card and cut out into strips 2cm wide.<br />

2. Use 5 strips to make each heart. Cut the strips to the following lengths:<br />

One strip 4cm long, two strips 8 cm long and 2 strips 10 cm long.<br />

3. Put the 5 strips on top of each other in the following order 8cm, 10cm, 4cm, 10cm, 8cm<br />

to make a stack.<br />

4. Make sure one end of the stack is level and hold it firmly.<br />

5. Curve over the ends of the 4 outer strips, so you have 9 edges level in your fingers,<br />

leaving one edge of the 4cm strip free in the centre.<br />

6. Staple the 9 edges together to form your heart.<br />

7. With a sewing needle pull a piece of wool or thread through the top of the middle strips<br />

to form a string of bunting.<br />

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St Dwynwen’s<br />

and<br />

Valentine’s<br />

Day Cards<br />

Send the person you love a<br />

handmade card on St Dwynwen’s<br />

day or Valentine’s day. You can<br />

create gorgeous cards with<br />

designs made from old magazines,<br />

old gift paper and paper bags. Try<br />

these designs or make one of<br />

your own.<br />

You will need:<br />

Blank card and envelope, scissors,<br />

pva glue or glue stick, old<br />

magazines, wrapping paper, pen.<br />

Owl Bookmark<br />

Tired of losing your page in the middle of a good read? Here<br />

are some simple ideas on how to make a bookmark in just a<br />

few minutes.<br />

You will need:<br />

Plain white card, felt tip pens or crayons, scissors and<br />

a craft knife.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Copy or trace the owl template onto a piece<br />

of card.<br />

2. Colour in your owl with felt tip or crayons<br />

3. Cut around the outside edge of the template<br />

with scissors.<br />

4. Using a craft knife carefully cut along the red<br />

dotted line to make a flap.<br />

5. Perch your owl on top of the page of the book<br />

where you finished reading.<br />

Paintstrip Bookmark<br />

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How to:<br />

1. Take the blank card, fold it in half and draw a jar shape<br />

outline on the front.<br />

2. Cut out heart shapes in different sizes and colours from<br />

old magazines or wrapping paper. Use different colours and<br />

different sizes of hearts to make the card stand out.<br />

3. Stick the hearts onto the card so they look like they’re<br />

flying out of the jar .<br />

4. Add a message using black pen or print one out and<br />

stick it on.<br />

5. Add some old pieces of ribbon and buttons to turn your<br />

hearts into balloons.<br />

2.<br />

You will need:<br />

Leftover paint strips, 30cm of present ribbon, a hole punch, felt<br />

tip pens or a decorative craft punch (optional).<br />

How to:<br />

1. Using a hole punch, punch a hole through the centre<br />

bottom of your paint strip.<br />

2. Cut a piece of ribbon about 30cm long and tie it through<br />

the hole.<br />

3. Draw a design down the side of your paint strip or make a<br />

decorative pattern using a craft punch .<br />

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08<br />

Easter Chicks<br />

These chicks are great to make<br />

at Easter. Make a clutch of<br />

them as part of your Easter<br />

Celebration.<br />

You will need:<br />

Yellow and orange card, yellow<br />

paint and a brush, glue stick,<br />

scissors, black felt tip, egg box,<br />

sticky tape.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Neatly cut out two egg holders from the egg box, so they fit on top of each other.<br />

2. Paint the outside of the holders yellow and leave to dry.<br />

3. Cut out two long triangles from the yellow card to make wings.<br />

4. Cut out two long triangles from the orange card to make a beak.<br />

5. Cut out two feet shapes from the orange card.<br />

6. When the yellow paint is dry put one egg holder on top of the other to make the<br />

body and stick them together with sticky tape at the back.<br />

7. Fold the wide ends of the yellow triangles over to make a tab and stick to each<br />

side of the lower egg holder.<br />

8. Fold the wide ends of the orange triangles over to make a tab and stick one on the<br />

top and the bottom egg holder at the front for the beak.<br />

9. Stick the orange feet under the bottom of the lower egg holder to finish the chick.<br />

10. Fill your chick with chocolate eggs for an Easter surprise.<br />

Easter Baskets<br />

Make beautiful decorative Easter baskets. Fill them with treats<br />

and use them as table decorations<br />

You will need:<br />

Used yoghurt pot, paint (pastel colours are best for Easter),<br />

coloured card or paper, paint brush, scissors, glue, tissue paper.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Wash out your used yoghurt pot.<br />

2. Paint the pot in a bright colour and leave to dry for a few hours.<br />

3. Cut out different festive shapes from the coloured card<br />

e.g. flowers, chicks and eggs.<br />

4. Stick the shapes to the side of the painted pot.<br />

5. Cut a strip of card to make a basket handle and stick<br />

each end to the inside of the pot.<br />

6. Decorate the inside of the basket with tissue paper.<br />

7. Fill with Easter treats.<br />

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6.<br />

8.<br />

Burrowing Bunny<br />

This is one of the cutest Easter decorations ever, but if you like<br />

bunnies then you could make them all year round. Try snowy<br />

bunnies at Christmas.<br />

You will need: A ball of wool, cardboard, felt, glue, scissors.<br />

How to:<br />

1. To make the bunny’s body, cut out two circles of card to<br />

the size you want the body to be.<br />

2. Now cut out the centre of each piece of card to make a<br />

doughnut shape.<br />

3. Put one card on top of the other and cut a groove out of<br />

the bottom of them.<br />

4. Cut a length of wool the size of the doughnut plus 5 cm<br />

at each end.<br />

5. Sandwich this piece of wool between the two cards.<br />

6. Wrap wool around the card to cover the whole card.<br />

7. Cut off the end of the wool when you have finished.<br />

8. Now separate the edges of the doughnut cards and cut<br />

the wool between the card.<br />

9. Tie the length of wool you made in step 4. to hold the<br />

bunny’s body in shape.<br />

10. Remove the card and fluff up the body.<br />

11. To make the tail use the same method for the body, using<br />

a much smaller card circle and white wool.<br />

12. To make the bunny’s paws cut two large oblong pieces of<br />

felt and eight small pink ovals for the pads of the paws.<br />

Glue four ovals to each oblong.<br />

13. Glue the paws to the body and stick the tail above the feet.<br />

Now place in a plant pot of flowers for that bunny<br />

burrowing effect.<br />

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09


Painting<br />

Made Easy<br />

Here are two easy ways to make<br />

stunning paintings to brighten<br />

up your room, using paint you<br />

already have at home, from<br />

emulsion to acrylic paint.<br />

Silhouette painting<br />

For silhouette painting you will need: Stem of leaves,<br />

metallic spray paint.<br />

For both paintings you<br />

will need:<br />

Leftover wood, hardboard,<br />

cardboard or an old picture<br />

canvas, Silver or gold emulsion<br />

paint, coloured paint, screws and<br />

string for hanging.<br />

Tape painting<br />

For tape painting you will need:<br />

gold emulsion paint, sticky tape.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Cover the board or canvas with silver or gold emulsion<br />

paint and leave to dry overnight.<br />

2. Stick strips of sticky tape across your board to make<br />

random shapes.<br />

3. Fill in the shapes with different coloured paints. For best<br />

results use 2 coats.<br />

4. Leave to dry for 2-3 hours then peel off the tape carefully<br />

5. Attach the screws to the back of the board or canvas and<br />

tie string between them for hanging your picture.<br />

1.<br />

2.<br />

3.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Cover your board or canvas with paint and leave to<br />

dry overnight.<br />

2. Pick a stem of leaves and press until they are flat.<br />

3. Lay the leaves flat on top of your painted board.<br />

4. Spray an even coat of metallic paint over the top of the<br />

leaves and board.<br />

(This stage can be messy, so it’s best to do this outdoors).<br />

5. Remove the leaves.<br />

6. Attach the screws to the back of the board or canvas and<br />

tie string between them for hanging your picture.<br />

3.<br />

Top tip: Store your leftover emulsion paints<br />

in washed out coffee jars. They take up less room in<br />

the cupboard, have airtight lids and do not rust like<br />

paint cans.<br />

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11


Toilet roll<br />

Minions<br />

Toilet roll<br />

Angry Birds<br />

Do you love Bob, Stuart and<br />

Kevin from Despicable Me?<br />

Why don’t you make your own<br />

Minions with your friends and<br />

help Gru fight evil?<br />

Make your own Angry Birds.<br />

Bring the characters of this iconic<br />

game to life and even make new<br />

characters of your own.<br />

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You will need:<br />

Toilet roll centre, yellow/blue/<br />

white card, glue stick, black felt<br />

tip, and scissors.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Cut the toilet roll centre to the height you want your Minion’s body to be.<br />

2. Cut out the yellow card so that it fits the length of your Minion’s body.<br />

3. Make sure there is enough card to wrap all the way around.<br />

4. Glue both of the ends of the card and stick one end down to the Minions body.<br />

5. Wrap the card around the body and stick down the other end.<br />

6. Use the blue card to make the<br />

dungarees. Measure the blue<br />

card to make sure it’s no<br />

more than half the size of the<br />

Minion’s body.<br />

7. Now you have a long rectangle<br />

shape. Cut two rectangle<br />

shapes out of that rectangle,<br />

from each side to create an H<br />

shape. The middle section is<br />

the front of the dungarees.<br />

8. Use the glue stick to stick down the dungarees.<br />

Top tip: Why don’t you use purple card instead<br />

and make some evil Minions too<br />

9. Using white card, cut out an eye (or eyes) for your Minion.<br />

10. Once you’ve stuck down the eye(s) with glue, use the black felt pen to add the<br />

goggles and a black dot to make the eye.<br />

11. Don’t forget to add a smile.<br />

12. Use some of your left over card to make a pocket for the Minion and glue it to the<br />

front of his dungarees.<br />

13. If you have any white card scraps, colour them black and give your Minion any<br />

hairstyle you like sticking it either to the outside or inside of the body.<br />

Mission complete fellow Minion makers<br />

6.<br />

7.<br />

You will need: Toilet roll, coloured card including orange and white, glue, scissors, black<br />

and red felt tip pen.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Cut your toilet roll to the desired height of your Angry Bird body.<br />

2. Measure the coloured card to check it covers the Angry Bird Body.<br />

3. Cut the coloured card and glue the back.<br />

4. Wrap the card around the Angry Bird Body and press it down to stick.<br />

5. Use the orange and white card for the beaks. Cut two orange triangles and<br />

one white one.<br />

6. Cut out two squares from the white card for the eyes.<br />

7. Glue the squares to the body and the orange triangles under them with a white triangle<br />

to make the beak.<br />

8. Use black and red felt tip to draw in the eyeballs and eyebrows.<br />

9. Cut out a whacky hairstyle from coloured card and glue it to the inside of the body.<br />

Trearddur Bay Flotilla<br />

Make your very own flotilla of<br />

boats with brightly coloured<br />

sails. Hold your own regatta<br />

or boat races.<br />

You will need: Old wine<br />

corks, Cocktail sticks, Leftover<br />

wrapping paper.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Carefully cut the old cork in half lengthways.<br />

2. Push the cocktail stick into the centre of the flat side of the cork to make a mast.<br />

3. Cut out leftover wrapping paper to make a sail and flag.<br />

4. Attach the sail and flag to the mast.<br />

5. Launch your boat and race your friends.<br />

6. You could even stick 2 or 3 corks together to make a raft.<br />

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14<br />

Woven CD wall<br />

hangings<br />

Here are some great ideas to<br />

turn old CDs or DVDs into<br />

decorations. You can make<br />

striking wall hangings, Christmas<br />

decorations, rainbow light<br />

reflecting colourful drinks<br />

coasters, mobiles or even bird<br />

scaring devices for your vegetable<br />

garden or allotment.<br />

You will need:<br />

Old CDs or DVDs, knitting yarn<br />

in different colours. Optional<br />

ribbons and buttons.<br />

Rainbow light<br />

reflecting CDs<br />

You will need:<br />

Old CDs or DVDs, dark<br />

matt black or acrylic paint, a<br />

paintbrush, a metal skewer or<br />

screwdriver.<br />

Top tip:<br />

Add buttons, ribbons<br />

or sequins for extra<br />

sparkle and festive<br />

colours or tinsel for<br />

Christmas Decorations.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Make spokes around the disc by wrapping knitting<br />

yarn through the central hole and the outside of<br />

the disc.<br />

2. Tie a knot at the back making sure you have an odd<br />

number of spokes.<br />

3. Tie together odds and ends of different coloured<br />

knitting yarn using about a metre length at a time.<br />

4. Weave the yarn through the spokes over one and<br />

under the next. Start in the centre of the CD and<br />

keep going round covering the CD.<br />

5. Hang 3 or 4 in rows tied together with ribbon. Make<br />

a big statement piece using 5 discs stitched together<br />

in 4 rows.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Take an old CD and paint the<br />

shiny side with a thick coat of<br />

matt black or dark acrylic paint.<br />

2. Leave to dry overnight.<br />

3. Draw your favourite design on<br />

the painted side of the CD using a pencil.<br />

4. Now scratch away the paint below your pencil design with a metal skewer<br />

or screwdriver.<br />

5. For mobiles, bird scarers or decorations string CDs together with ribbon or coloured<br />

string using the centre hole.<br />

1.<br />

4-8.<br />

Cardboard Tree<br />

Try this unusual decorative tree with a Summer theme that<br />

could decorate your house around Summer. You could also<br />

make this out of old wood, to make a decorative jewellery<br />

holder.<br />

You will need: Thick cardboard, brown paint, strong<br />

scissors or a craft knife, odd bits of fabric or colourful card,<br />

black pen.<br />

2.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Use the pencil to draw a tree template onto the cardboard.<br />

The tree should have at least five branches.<br />

2. Cut the tree template out making sure the edges are crisp.<br />

3. To make the base, so the tree stands tall, cut a rectangle<br />

from the card. Cut a vertical slit in the base of the tree you<br />

have cut out. Insert the rectangle you have cut out into<br />

the slit.<br />

4. Cut out two tear shapes to make each of the bird’s bodies.<br />

5. Cut out narrow short strips of card to make their legs.<br />

6. Stick the legs to the tear shaped body and stick another<br />

tear shape on top.<br />

7. Cut out scraps of colourful fabric or card as tail feathers,<br />

four for each bird work best .<br />

8. Push the tail feathers in between the card tear shapes at<br />

the tail end of the bird.<br />

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Paper bead<br />

necklace /<br />

bracelets<br />

Turn old magazines into<br />

fashionable jewellery to match<br />

any outfit. In just a couple of<br />

hours you can convert the last<br />

magazine you read into a stunning<br />

bead bracelet or necklace.<br />

You will need:<br />

Pages from a magazine, PVA glue<br />

or wallpaper paste, a small paint<br />

brush, clear nail varnish, skewers<br />

or an old piece of cable, a piece<br />

of wool, cord or elastic.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Choose colourful pages from the magazine with<br />

backgrounds that match your colour scheme, we used<br />

pages with blue and orange backgrounds.<br />

2. Draw lines with a ruler on the back of the page making<br />

long triangle shapes about 2cm x 21cm. Cut out the<br />

triangles, each triangle makes a bead and you should get<br />

about 15-20 beads from each sheet of paper.<br />

3. Water down PVA glue or wallpaper paste and paint onto<br />

the back of each triangle of paper.<br />

4. Roll the paper around a skewer or cable, starting from the<br />

2cm wide end of the paper first to make a bead. You can<br />

have 4 or 5 beads per skewer.<br />

5. Leave them to dry and then paint with clear nail varnish to<br />

give your beads a hard shiny finish.<br />

6. Thread the beads onto a piece of wool or cord and tie at<br />

the back. Move the beads around until the knot disappears<br />

inside them. Use thin elastic for a bracelet.<br />

1. 2.<br />

4.<br />

6.<br />

Desk Tidy<br />

Here’s an attractive container to keep your desk organised.<br />

Complete with different compartments to find the things you<br />

need quickly.<br />

You will need:<br />

A large plastic container e.g. ice cream container or washing<br />

detergent tub, cardboard tubes, wrapping paper, pictures from<br />

calendars and magazines, scissors, glue.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Wash out your plastic container.<br />

2. Cut out enough wrapping paper to wrap around the<br />

outside of the container.<br />

3. Glue it to the outside making sure the join is at the back.<br />

4. Cut out pictures from calendars and magazines and glue<br />

to the front.<br />

5. Cut varying lengths of cardboard tube from old toilet<br />

roll inners or kitchen foil.<br />

6. Cover them in wrapping paper and glue them to the<br />

inside of the container to make handy compartments.<br />

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3.<br />

4-5.<br />

Pumpkin Jars<br />

Get into Halloween with these<br />

spooky pumpkin jars. Put them<br />

outside your door to ward off<br />

ghouls and ghosts.<br />

You will need:<br />

An empty glass jar, orange tissue<br />

paper, black paper, PVA glue, paint<br />

brush, scissors, tea light.<br />

3.<br />

Halloween Origami Bats<br />

Hang these spooky bats from invisible thread to scare your<br />

friends. An easy origami bat to make, you just need a pair of<br />

scissors to make its ears.<br />

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How to:<br />

1. Clean out an empty glass jar.<br />

2. Take enough orange tissue paper to cover the walls of the jar and tear into<br />

small pieces.<br />

3. Cut out two triangles from the black paper to make eyes and a zig-zag shape<br />

for the mouth.<br />

4. Mix the PVA glue with a few drops of water and paint it around the inside<br />

walls of the jar.<br />

5. Stick the orange tissue paper to the inside walls of the jar until the whole jar is<br />

covered. Make sure the paper is flat against the wall of the jar.<br />

6. Now glue the eyes and the mouth to the inside of the jar to make a face.<br />

7. Carefully place a tea light into the base of the jar.<br />

8. Light the tea light to make your spooky jar glow in the dark.<br />

5.<br />

6.<br />

8.<br />

You will need: Dark coloured magazine or comic pages,<br />

ruler, scissors, glue and thread.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Cut out a perfect square of paper from a magazine.<br />

2. Fold in half to form a triangle and make a crease along<br />

the fold.<br />

3. Unfold it and turn the paper 180 degrees and fold it in half<br />

again. You should have a triangle pointing towards you with<br />

a crease running down the middle.<br />

4. Fold the top straight edge towards you leaving the point of<br />

the triangle sticking out. This will be the bat’s tail. It now<br />

looks like an upturned boat.<br />

5. To make the right wing fold in from the right along the<br />

line shown.<br />

6. Make a crease along the fold and then fold it back out again<br />

to make a pleat, making sure the top of the wing is roughly<br />

level with the top of the body.<br />

7. Repeat this on the other side to make the left wing.<br />

8. Take some scissors and cut a wide u shape at the top as<br />

shown to form the ears.<br />

9. Glue thread to your bat and hang it in the breeze to<br />

make it fly.<br />

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Secret Santa<br />

Here’s a Santa with a surprise, it<br />

has sweets in it. It’s easy to make<br />

this decoration for the mantlepiece<br />

or put him on the tree<br />

You will need:<br />

Toilet roll cardboard tube, red<br />

card or paint, white paper, glue<br />

stick, black felt tip pen, scissors, a<br />

small cotton wool ball and some<br />

sweets.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Cut the red card to a size that covers the toilet roll tube.<br />

2. Wrap the red card around the tube and stick it down with glue, or you can just<br />

paint the tube red.<br />

3. Press the two sides of the tube down to meet together at one end and then fold<br />

the corners out to make Santa’s boots.<br />

4. Cut out a triangle from the white paper to make Santa’s face and beard.<br />

5. Stick the triangle on the front of the roll.<br />

6. Draw the face, beard, arms, belt and boots using the black felt tip.<br />

7. Stick on the cotton wool ball to finish Santa’s hat.<br />

8. Put sweets inside and push the top closed.<br />

3. 3. 8.<br />

Top tip:<br />

Vary your designs to<br />

make truly unique tags.<br />

Use white card with<br />

black buttons and<br />

orange triangles for a<br />

snowman theme.<br />

Painted Pine Cones<br />

A simple decoration for<br />

Christmas, enjoy a family walk<br />

to collect some pine cones, give<br />

them some festive colour and<br />

display on the mantel piece or in<br />

a bowl with some potpourri<br />

You will need: Pine cones,<br />

acrylic or gloss paint, a paint<br />

brush.<br />

Santa Suit Gift Tags<br />

Simple but effective tags that are sure to make your gifts stand<br />

out with a personal touch<br />

You will need: Red card, scissors, ring pulls from drinks<br />

cans, black card, glue, pompoms and glitter.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Take your red card and cut out tag shapes, they can be<br />

circles, squares or rectangles.<br />

2. Cut a strip from the black card that is long enough to<br />

stretch across the tag.<br />

3. Trim the width of the black strip and thread it through the<br />

ring pull holes to make Santa’s belt.<br />

4. Glue the belt to the centre of the tag .<br />

5. Use a pompom to represent part of Santa’s hat or glitter<br />

to make festive buttons.<br />

6. Punch a hole in the top of your tag and tie on some string<br />

or ribbon.<br />

How to:<br />

1. Collect pine cones.<br />

2. Dry them in an oven at a low<br />

temperature until they open.<br />

3. Leave to cool and shake them<br />

to remove dust and seeds.<br />

4. Hold the cone by its stalk and<br />

paint the tips.<br />

Christmas tip:<br />

Foil or glittered wrapping<br />

paper cannot be recycled<br />

so why not put it through<br />

a paper shredder and use<br />

it to pack out your present<br />

boxes, giving your present<br />

some added sparkle.<br />

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Discovering Anglesey’s Sustainable Artists<br />

Janet Bell<br />

Christmas CD<br />

bunting<br />

Make festive bunting from old<br />

CDs. Decorate the halls or hang<br />

them from the tree to make<br />

festive greetings.<br />

1. 1.<br />

You will need:<br />

Old CDs, one for each letter, scissors, old festive wrapping paper, PVA glue.<br />

How to:<br />

1. For each letter take a CD and cover the picture side with festive wrapping paper,<br />

or old magazine paper.<br />

2. Print out a letter in an attractive font so it will fill most of the CD.<br />

3. Cut out the letter and stick it onto the wrapped side of the CD.<br />

4. Drill a hole in the CDs at the top and thread it with either pretty ribbons or string.<br />

5. Hang it with the other CDs to make Festive words and greetings.<br />

3.<br />

Janet has a distinctive style that sells worldwide from her<br />

gallery in Beaumaris. She has a wealth of commissions from<br />

private collectors to multi-national retailers. Some of her<br />

more famous works include bluebell scenes and she worked<br />

with Bangor University’s Chemistry department to look at<br />

pigments from plants exploring their stability over time. This<br />

inspired her to look at a range of everyday products that can<br />

be used to create colour. “We had tremendous fun with the<br />

public this year at the Anglesey Show exploring how to use<br />

household food items that were out of date to create paint<br />

and exciting organic images. Old instant coffee, turmeric and spinach were just some of<br />

the things we painted with, some we mixed with icing sugar to add texture and enhance<br />

colours,” reveals Janet. Janet will be displaying the winning entry of the Sustainable arts<br />

competition, Tin Horses, in her gallery and also spending a day with Rachel Rosen, who<br />

created Tin Horses, helping her hone her creative and commercial skills.<br />

Jayne Huskisson<br />

Jayne primarily creates works of art from textiles. She<br />

specialises in painting on silk, but many of her works<br />

use appliqué techniques with fabrics. “I’ve been working<br />

with textiles all my life. I’ve always loved fabrics. I love<br />

the textures, colours and variety of materials available to<br />

create interesting and vibrant images,” says Jayne.<br />

Jayne’s images are inspired by the Welsh Landscape. Her<br />

work features Anglesey from colourful boats sailing under<br />

the Menai Bridge to the shore at Aberffraw and Rhosneigr.<br />

“Using fabrics to create my artwork brings bright colours and striking simple lines to the<br />

pieces, creating a contemporary twist and a unique image. Being a commercial artist and<br />

working sustainably, using recycled materials, is becoming increasingly popular. “I use a great<br />

deal of recycled fabrics for my artwork that come from either old clothing that people have<br />

finished with or from charity shops. Each piece of fabric or old button has a story to tell<br />

from a previous life and I love to re–use them in new ways by creating textile artwork. The<br />

secret to great art is to look at your surroundings with a different perspective and express<br />

yourself in a new way,” reflects Jayne. Working as a professional artist, Jayne has successfully<br />

exhibited in Ireland and throughout Wales with many of her works being held in private<br />

collections across the world.<br />

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Kriket Broadhurst<br />

Kriket Broadhurst creates handcrafted jewellery from ceramic<br />

beads and sea glass. Over the last four years Kriket has<br />

discovered sea glass on the beaches of Anglesey and in turn,<br />

began to utilise it in her jewellery designs. Sea glass is simply<br />

glass that was considered to be rubbish and dumped into<br />

landfill and into the sea. “I use sea glass that is upwards of<br />

50 to 100 years old as it is perfectly smooth. I’m one of the<br />

first designers to make sea glass jewellery on Anglesey. I think<br />

it’s wonderful that what was once a waste material has now<br />

become desirable and valuable,” reveals Kriket.<br />

Anne Arkle<br />

Enterprising artist Anne Arkle is converting antique silver<br />

spoons into pieces of jewellery that are selling around the<br />

world. She uses antique silver tea spoons from 230 years ago<br />

in the Georgian period and sometimes works with relatively<br />

modern silver spoons from the 1920s that clients bring to her.<br />

“A solid silver spoon not only has a beautiful design it has a<br />

hallmark stamped on it that gives the spoon a history. Some<br />

Georgian spoons make amazing inverted finger rings, because<br />

the hallmarks are so prominent and pretty,” says Anne. Anne also makes jewellery using<br />

different antique cutlery including bangles from forks, sugar tongs and serving spoons.<br />

Rosemary Collier<br />

Rosemary Collier creates abstract pieces in a wide range of media, from<br />

paintings to print making and sculptures. Recently Rosemary has begun to<br />

work with scrap metal to make exciting sculptures. “I have two that I made,<br />

one of which I named ‘My BAFTA Award’. It began life as a mangled car<br />

component that I opened out and welded to a rod with a piece of heavy<br />

metal pipe as a stand. It looks like a face and figurine,” says Rosemary. The<br />

piece was then placed outside to weather. The weathering has created<br />

interesting changes as the piece begins to rust naturally in places.<br />

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