Thursday, January 24

A Year of Gnomes: Day Three

Day three: Make something with paper, but don't draw, cut, or paste anything. 

I am not an origami expert at all, because I have a really hard time figuring out the folds based on written instructions. I first tried following the instructions here, but I had a tough time and gave up on that.

Thankfully I found this video on YouTube, and did a pretty good job of following the instructions:



The resulting origami gnome bookmark. It sorta looks gnomish.
Once it's placed in a book, it does look sort of like you're smooshing a gnome within the pages.

Here is a way cooler gnome, designed by Eric Joisel:

Materials used: scrapbook paper

One more gnome post tomorrow to round out the week!

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