Casket - a small square, rectangular, oval, round or any other shape box in which they store money, jewelry, all kinds of small items. The product is made of wood, cardboard, plastic, decorated by gluing with a cloth, paper, pieces of broken glass, pebbles. DIY box is an original idea for a gift for any holiday.
A decorative box-chest for jewelry, small stationery, items for needlework, is a small box or chest with several compartments. The materials for manufacturing such items are very diverse, it can be:
natural wood;
plywood, MDF;
pieces of a baguette frame;
shoe boxes, large packs of juice, milk;
corrugated cardboard, cardboard reels from adhesive tape;
bamboo napkins;
ice cream sticks;
wooden bracelets;
colored polymer clay, salty dough;
newspaper tubes, vine;
pieces of water pipe;
wooden clothespins;
postcards;
threads, laces, twine.
When it is possible to spend significant funds on your hobby, precious, semiprecious stones, wooden cigar boxes are purchased for the manufacture of jewelry boxes.
From baguette
Baguette - mainly a wooden profile for the manufacture of picture frames. It is purchased in framing parlors, and if appropriate equipment is available, they are produced independently.
To make a chest measuring 18 by 18 cm, you will need:
a piece of baguette 2.8-3 m long, 4.5-5 cm wide;
three pieces of hardboard for the lid and bottom;
two loops with fasteners in the form of screws;
lock with fasteners;
dense fabric with embroidery;
PVA glue, "Moment";
acrylic paint.
miter box with a hacksaw;
jigsaw;
pliers;
screwdriver, hammer;
knife or microdrill;
ruler.
Working process:
you need to cut four pieces of baguette for the lid at an angle, glue them together with a “moment”
glue the lid on top, decorating it with embroidered fabric;
saw off another four pieces of baguette to make the walls of the box, glue;
attach the bottom to the baguette with screws - the latter should not be too long;
the lid with the base of the box is connected by hinges;
the surface of the product is painted with acrylic, varnished.
To simplify the manufacturing process, you can ask to cut the material at an angle of 45 degrees in a baguette workshop.
From bobbins from scotch tape
Old empty tape bobbins are also used to make a small box. For work you will need a dense, but flexible cardboard, colored paper for decoration, two bobbins from tape - wide and narrow. During the creation, a circle of cardboard is glued to each of the bobbins, a cardboard cylinder is glued inside the wide one, protruding 0.5-1.2 cm beyond the edges of the bobbin - it is needed so that the box closes. The finished product is pasted over with colored paper, decorated with bows, ribbons, pieces of fabric.
From a bamboo napkin
Bamboo napkins are produced in plain colors, decorated with beautiful intricate patterns. To make a box, a bamboo napkin is glued or sewn onto dense textile so that its edges are not frayed, twisted, and two rounded sidewalls, also decorated with fabric, are attached to the structure. Only three sides are required to be tightly connected - the fourth is framed with a miniature lock or fastens with a button, a button with a buttonhole.
From shoe boxes
A cardboard shoe box is simply, quickly turned into an original box, pasted over with any fabric, paper. A smaller chest is performed using boxes of tea, juice, milk. In the latter case, you need to put the box on its side, making a C-shaped incision on top, bend a piece of cardboard - there will be a lid. The structure is pasted over with fabric, and two satin ribbons are fastened on top and bottom.
From cardboard
A heart-shaped cardboard box is a great home-made gift option. To make it, you need:
three sheets of color cardboard;
tape measure;
ruler;
PVA glue;
paper flowers, beads for decoration.
On a cardboard, two hearts are drawn the same size as the future box should be, but the heart-lid is one millimeter larger.Next, measure the perimeter of the heart with a centimeter tape, cut two strips of the appropriate length (narrow for the lid, wide for the bottom), with teeth along one edge, with which gluing to the bases is performed. The finished box is decorated with beads, ribbons, the inscription "LOVE", etc.
From ice cream sticks
You can make caskets by using wooden sticks of ice cream - they will need at least 29 pieces. Still need "hot glue", a little corrugated cardboard, acrylic paints of two colors, satin ribbons, ruler, sharp scissors, a simple pencil. Colors: 14 sticks one color, 15 another. Two rectangular parts are cut out of corrugated cardboard, measuring 5.5 by 7 cm, two semicircles 7 cm long and 3 cm high. Cardboard parts also need to be painted.
The bottom is made up of seven sticks, alternating in color, cardboard sidewalls are vertically glued to them. Two more sides are made of six sticks each - attached to the sides. Two semicircles are connected by ten sticks - this will be the lid. The ends are pasted over with a satin ribbon, a cover is attached to two ribbons.
From wooden bracelets, polymer clay
To make such a box, you will need:
wide wooden bracelet or suitable blank;
hot glue in the gun;
colored polymer clay, a tool for working with it;
paints, brushes;
round forms for cookies - a little more and a little less than a bracelet;
white marker.
The polymer clay needs to be rolled out into a thin layer, a circle can be squeezed out with a bracelet, and baked. Paint the bracelet with paint (for example, yellow), apply a pattern - rhombuses with dots. The round baked bottom is glued with a thermal gun. With cookie cutters two circles of different sizes are squeezed out of green polymer clay, they are baked, glued together. The leaves are cut with a wooden scalpel, like the tail of a pineapple - they also need to be baked, glued to the box lid.
From plywood
A simple plywood box is made of several parts:
four sidewalls 10 by 8 cm;
lids and bottom - 10 by 10 cm.
The sides are glued with PVA glue at an angle of 45 degrees - for this they are cut accordingly. Then the bottom is glued to fix the lid, the chamfer is removed under the hinges on one of the sides and the lid itself. The hinges are screwed with screws, the outer part of the product is decorated in any way.
From wood
Carved chests-boxes are made of natural wood - linden, aspen, ash, oak, alder, birch, spruce, etc. To do this, you need a board 1-1.5 cm thick, which is sawn to fit the product. It is preferable to make a sketch, and mark the finished boards, process them with a mill, to give a beautiful shape. You can also decorate by hand, having drawn the workpiece, using a ruler, compass, sewing patterns - the thread (usually geometric, kudrinskaya) is performed according to a strict pattern. If desired, a drawer with a handle and several compartments is made in the box, so that the product has a neat appearance, it is treated with sandpaper, tinted with stain, covered with two layers of varnish on wood.
Before decorating, the chest must be sanded with sandpaper - first large, then small.
From postcards
For the manufacture of such a box you will need 4-6 cards, threads "floss", needles, ruler, pencil.
Base Details:
14.5 by 8.5 cm - two pieces;
14.5 by 10.5 cm - two pieces;
10.5 by 8.5 cm - two pieces;
four rhombuses for side inserts 9 cm long, 6 cm wide.
Cap:
one piece 10.5 by 8.5 cm;
two semicircles 8.5 by 2.5 cm.
All parts are sewn with a buttonhole seam, assembled together by stitching - the box and the lid are made separately, connecting only on one side. Fasten any small lock on the front, a button with a loop.
From threads
To make such a box, you will need toothpicks, cardboard, yarn of any color, an awl, a heat gun, a pencil, scissors. First, a template is drawn on cardboard - a heart. Around its perimeter, stepping back one cm.from the edge, holes are made in a centimeter from each other, toothpicks are inserted there, the ends of which are smeared with glue. Then weaving is carried out as linen - the thread lies in a wave-like fashion. When the desired height is gained, the thread is fixed, cut. To make the bottom, they simply wrap it with a thread greased with glue. The top of the design is made out with lace, ribbons, beads.
From wooden clothespins
The barrel casket is obtained from a round box of chips such as Pringles, disassembled wooden clothespins - they only need 12. The clothespins halves are glued with a moment glue to the chips can and are tied in two places with linen twine. The lid is also glued with linen rope, decorated with paper or textile flowers, a souvenir mug or a ball of polymer clay.
From newspaper tubes
The tubes are twisted from newsprint cut into strips about five centimeters wide, the pages of old books, glossy magazines - each sheet is folded diagonally, wrapped around a thin knitting needle, the tip of the sheet is fixed with PVA glue. For work, you need at least 18-22 tubes.
The tubes are painted with paint, to create a casket they are attached to a cardboard bottom of a round or square shape, and then braided with one long tube. When the desired height is reached, the tubes are bent, cut off. After you can weave the lid of the box, decorating it with a textile bow, flower.
From salt dough
Salty dough consists of flour, water and salt, taken in a ratio of 2 to 1.2 to 1. The dough is thoroughly kneaded, stick around and any suitable container - a jar of cream, cotton buds, etc. For decoration, the product is made out with fruits, leaves of dough, “legs” are attached to the bottom. Drying is done in the microwave - usually five to seven minutes is enough. The finished structure is painted manually, coated with a clear or dark varnish, dried in air.
From sewer pipe, MDF
A jewelry box can easily be created even from a piece of sewer pipe. To do this, you will need:
plastic sewer pipe;
rubber glue;
a small piece of MDF or plywood;
primer;
food wrap;
water based paint (for example, purple);
glezzle of white, bronze color;
gold paint;
steel pin base;
round ball and sticks made of wood;
jigsaw;
drill with drills;
compass.
To begin with, four identical fragments are cut from the pipe, five to nine cm wide. Their edges are sanded with sandpaper so that there is no burr. Five circles with a double contour, a centimeter wide, are drawn on an MDF sheet, cut out along the outer contour. In four round parts, a recess is made, allowing you to put pieces of pipe on top.
Then plastic rings are put on flat plugs made of MDF, glued to them. In each mug, a hole for the central pin is pre-drilled, as well as a recess, into which a small stick will be inserted later, which prevents the “links” of the product from turning around its axis.
After the construction is covered with an adhesive primer mixture, when the layer dries, it is painted with a purple water-based paint. Then the details are decorated with glezzle, the color of nacre and bronze. To create an original texture of "marble", crumpled a crumpled piece of cellophane (cling film) soak the last, not yet dried layer, peeling. The steel pin is inserted so that it passes through all the parts, and a wooden ball is put on the metal tip protruding from above. The finished product is decorated with golden paint, a butterfly or a bow is glued to the lid.
Instead of gold paint, gold potal is sometimes used, in which case mordan glue is additionally acquired.
Decor Methods
A ready-made casket made of any material is necessarily decorated to give a beautiful, "festive" appearance.What is used as a decor:
Kanzashi technique;
pasting with textiles, leather, colored paper, wallpaper;
decoupage;
decoration with ribbons, bows, knitted lace;
manual painting;
decorating with pieces of eggshell;
mosaic of various materials;
decoration with "natural gifts";
decor of curly pasta, various types of cereals;
burning, wood carving.
Differently designed products will decorate a retro-style hall or a romantic nursery, marine interior or Provence-room, loft hall or baroque style boudoir.
Cloth pasting
You can paste the box with textiles both inside and out. To glue the inner space, a cross-shaped template is cut out of paper, which is then transferred to the fabric. It is best to take velvet. It is important to make allowances - up to one cm on each side. Next, the paper is gently smeared with glue, glued to the fabric, bending the latter so that it is not visible from the outer edges of the paper. The product is dried under a press from books, after which it is put inside a decorated box, pressed, dried.
The easiest way is to paste a round casket with textiles - for this, its height is measured, the fabric is wrapped around, trimmed, the box is lubricated with PVA glue, the fabric is pressed against it, the product is dried. The same is done with the lid. A wooden, plywood casket can also be covered with knitwear - it is laid on the surface with beautiful folds, glued only to the bottom, fixed with a stapler.
The product looks pasted over with fur, with a scattering of beads on it, fastened with buttons, buttons.
Kanzashi decor
The technique of decorating "Kanzashi" is the art of creating flowers, leaves, birds, butterflies from fabric and ribbons. To design a product in this way, you will need the following materials, tools:
cardboard cylinder, with a diameter of 9-12 cm;
felt fabric;
cardboard;
satin ribbons;
organza;
glue gun;
sharp scissors.
Working process:
the cylinder is encircled on a piece of felt and thick cardboard; six such blanks are made: four according to the size of the outer contour of the pipe, two according to the inner;
parts are connected in pairs - it turns out two large circles, one smaller;
the bottom is glued to the box, the lid is tried on;
the details of the lid and bottom are cut out of the fabric, they are cut, smeared with glue;
the fabric sticks to the bottom and sides, bends inward;
the cover is tightened in the same way, but a textile eyelet and a wide short ribbon are glued to its inner part;
a smaller circle is smeared with glue, glued to the inside of the lid;
from the inside, the box is glued with felt;
to decorate the outer part of the lid, pieces of tape are taken, six by six cm in size, which are folded in the form of petals, glued in a circle along the edge;
then five to five cm tape segments are taken, of which an inner circle of petals is made;
a large bead, button, pebbles of a suitable color are glued in the middle;
the sides are also decorated with two or three rows of petals;
the very bottom is decorated with a wide ribbon.
Paper or wallpaper
The appearance of the box glued with paper depends on the thickness and texture of the latter. When using silver vinyl wallpaper, it is easy to create the effect as if the product is coated with metal. To work, you need PVA glue, paper towels, transparent varnish, multi-colored acrylic paints, wallpaper itself, and other paper.
Details are cut out of the wallpaper, taking into account the shape, size of the future product, plus small allowances for tucking. Glue is applied to the back surface of the wallpaper, the paper is left for a couple of minutes to soak, tightly pressed to the box, smoothed. It is important to carefully ensure that no air bubbles form when glued.
Next, black acrylic is applied to the surface, then, with the help of paper towels, red is applied, dried.The next layer is silver, after it - bronze, again black and red, green and gold. The product must be well dried, coated with one or two layers of varnish.
Decoupage
To decoupage a cardboard, plywood, wooden box, you will need:
the base box itself;
napkins with a picture, clippings from magazines;
pieces of fabric, lace, ribbons;
PVA glue;
varnish;
acrylic paints;
tassels;
scissors;
sandpaper.
If the product is wooden, it is carefully polished, from pieces of napkins, magazine pictures, shreds, a picture or pattern is made, it is tried on to the product. Then glue is applied to the surface, all parts are carefully glued, smoothed, excess glue is removed with a sponge. The finished box is dried, varnished. In the same way, you can glue the box inside.
Staining, painting
You can paint the chest yourself with acrylic, oil paints, gouache. When the product is pre-pasted with a cloth, it is painted using the "batik" technique using special dyes and contours.
To paint a simple wooden box, you will need a primer, multi-colored acrylic paints, brushes, stencils (they can easily be made independently from cardboard or bought in a store), sandpaper, masking tape. Initially, the structure is well ground, varnished. Next, an even coat of primer is applied, dried, sanded again. After the box is covered with paint, the layer is fixed with varnish.
Using masking tape, parts of the product are closed, which will not be made out with a pattern. In a place free from scotch tape, stencils are fixed, their inner part is painted over with thick paint. If the tone is not bright enough the first time, another one is applied on top. When the painting is completed, the box is completely varnished.
Eggshell decor
You can decorate the casket with pieces of eggshell - chicken, goose, quail, any other eggs are used.Also, for decorating the chest, you need different paints, PVA glue, a wooden manicure stick, brushes, a napkin with a pattern, a box of a suitable size, which is carefully sanded with an “null” sandpaper.
Work process:
part of the future casket, measuring several cm square, is spread with glue;
a piece of eggshell is taken, applied to the surface covered with glue, pressed with a nail stick;
under the influence of a stick, the shell cracks, breaks into several parts;
the distance between the pieces of shells is regulated by the same stick and can be any;
then gradually the whole surface of the product is pasted over - only the top or all sides completely;
a layer of PVA glue is applied over the chest, dried;
white acrylic paint is applied in two layers, dried;
now a two-three-layer napkin is taken, the upper layer with a picture is separated from it, the fragments that you like are cut out;
a piece of cloth is applied to the box, quickly and carefully covered with PVA glue.
If you want to make the product "antique", it is covered with black or brown paint, using a damp sponge.
Mosaic decor
The mosaic role is played by sunflower and lupine seeds, sea and river shells, wood saw cuts and pieces of bark, broken colored glass and beads, coffee beans and watermelon stones. The chest, after gluing the decor, is usually varnished from a spray can, partially or completely stained.
Volumetric decor made of baked polymer clay is also popular. Still needed for work:
round box;
liquid plastic, fimo-gel;
sharp clerical knife;
work surface made of glass or ceramic;
ruler;
brush;
satin ribbons;
stamps for polymer clay, texture sheets;
baby powder or talcum powder;
rolling pin for plastic;
varnish.
How to do:
the plastic is rolled out in a thin layer, rectangles are cut out of it, a little more than the internal height of the box;
the inner walls are lubricated with phimo-gel, plastic is applied to the surface, tightly pressed;
the upper edge is cut with a sharp knife to get smooth “sides”;
then a circle is cut out of the plastic, which, after lubrication with gel, is also inserted into the box;
the docking points of the bottom and walls are made out with a thick thread, lace;
after the cap is made in the same way;
both parts should be baked;
with the help of texture sheets, several prints of different colors are made - so that they are not clogged with clay, forms are sprinkled with talcum powder;
layers with patterns are cut into small squares, with a side of 10-20 mm;
the outer part of the chest is pasted over with parts that alternate in color;
before sticking the last fragment, a piece of satin ribbon is inserted under it to connect with the lid;
the sides of the lid are decorated with squares, the upper part with triangular fragments, it is important not to forget to glue the ribbon to this part;
a satin ribbon eyelet is attached to the front of the box - to make it convenient to bake;
after baking, the box is painted, but before it is completely dry, the paint is gently erased from the convex parts.
Conclusion
Making original handmade jewelry boxes at home can become a favorite hobby, allowing you to start making good money. The most detailed master classes are easy to find in popular magazines on the subject of "hand-made", as well as on the pages of Internet sites. Crafts are made out by the simplest materials at hand, because the financial costs are minimal.
Casket - a small square, rectangular, oval, round or any other shape box in which they store money, jewelry, all kinds of small items. The product is made of wood, cardboard, plastic, decorated by gluing with a cloth, paper, pieces of broken glass, pebbles. DIY box is an original idea for a gift for any holiday.
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Materials, workshops for the manufacture of boxes
A decorative box-chest for jewelry, small stationery, items for needlework, is a small box or chest with several compartments. The materials for manufacturing such items are very diverse, it can be:
From baguette
Baguette - mainly a wooden profile for the manufacture of picture frames. It is purchased in framing parlors, and if appropriate equipment is available, they are produced independently.
To make a chest measuring 18 by 18 cm, you will need:
Working process:
From bobbins from scotch tape
Old empty tape bobbins are also used to make a small box. For work you will need a dense, but flexible cardboard, colored paper for decoration, two bobbins from tape - wide and narrow. During the creation, a circle of cardboard is glued to each of the bobbins, a cardboard cylinder is glued inside the wide one, protruding 0.5-1.2 cm beyond the edges of the bobbin - it is needed so that the box closes. The finished product is pasted over with colored paper, decorated with bows, ribbons, pieces of fabric.
From a bamboo napkin
Bamboo napkins are produced in plain colors, decorated with beautiful intricate patterns. To make a box, a bamboo napkin is glued or sewn onto dense textile so that its edges are not frayed, twisted, and two rounded sidewalls, also decorated with fabric, are attached to the structure. Only three sides are required to be tightly connected - the fourth is framed with a miniature lock or fastens with a button, a button with a buttonhole.
From shoe boxes
A cardboard shoe box is simply, quickly turned into an original box, pasted over with any fabric, paper. A smaller chest is performed using boxes of tea, juice, milk. In the latter case, you need to put the box on its side, making a C-shaped incision on top, bend a piece of cardboard - there will be a lid. The structure is pasted over with fabric, and two satin ribbons are fastened on top and bottom.
From cardboard
A heart-shaped cardboard box is a great home-made gift option. To make it, you need:
On a cardboard, two hearts are drawn the same size as the future box should be, but the heart-lid is one millimeter larger.Next, measure the perimeter of the heart with a centimeter tape, cut two strips of the appropriate length (narrow for the lid, wide for the bottom), with teeth along one edge, with which gluing to the bases is performed. The finished box is decorated with beads, ribbons, the inscription "LOVE", etc.
From ice cream sticks
You can make caskets by using wooden sticks of ice cream - they will need at least 29 pieces. Still need "hot glue", a little corrugated cardboard, acrylic paints of two colors, satin ribbons, ruler, sharp scissors, a simple pencil. Colors: 14 sticks one color, 15 another. Two rectangular parts are cut out of corrugated cardboard, measuring 5.5 by 7 cm, two semicircles 7 cm long and 3 cm high. Cardboard parts also need to be painted.
The bottom is made up of seven sticks, alternating in color, cardboard sidewalls are vertically glued to them. Two more sides are made of six sticks each - attached to the sides. Two semicircles are connected by ten sticks - this will be the lid. The ends are pasted over with a satin ribbon, a cover is attached to two ribbons.
From wooden bracelets, polymer clay
To make such a box, you will need:
The polymer clay needs to be rolled out into a thin layer, a circle can be squeezed out with a bracelet, and baked. Paint the bracelet with paint (for example, yellow), apply a pattern - rhombuses with dots. The round baked bottom is glued with a thermal gun. With cookie cutters two circles of different sizes are squeezed out of green polymer clay, they are baked, glued together. The leaves are cut with a wooden scalpel, like the tail of a pineapple - they also need to be baked, glued to the box lid.
From plywood
A simple plywood box is made of several parts:
The sides are glued with PVA glue at an angle of 45 degrees - for this they are cut accordingly. Then the bottom is glued to fix the lid, the chamfer is removed under the hinges on one of the sides and the lid itself. The hinges are screwed with screws, the outer part of the product is decorated in any way.
From wood
Carved chests-boxes are made of natural wood - linden, aspen, ash, oak, alder, birch, spruce, etc. To do this, you need a board 1-1.5 cm thick, which is sawn to fit the product. It is preferable to make a sketch, and mark the finished boards, process them with a mill, to give a beautiful shape. You can also decorate by hand, having drawn the workpiece, using a ruler, compass, sewing patterns - the thread (usually geometric, kudrinskaya) is performed according to a strict pattern. If desired, a drawer with a handle and several compartments is made in the box, so that the product has a neat appearance, it is treated with sandpaper, tinted with stain, covered with two layers of varnish on wood.
From postcards
For the manufacture of such a box you will need 4-6 cards, threads "floss", needles, ruler, pencil.
Base Details:
Cap:
All parts are sewn with a buttonhole seam, assembled together by stitching - the box and the lid are made separately, connecting only on one side. Fasten any small lock on the front, a button with a loop.
From threads
To make such a box, you will need toothpicks, cardboard, yarn of any color, an awl, a heat gun, a pencil, scissors. First, a template is drawn on cardboard - a heart. Around its perimeter, stepping back one cm.from the edge, holes are made in a centimeter from each other, toothpicks are inserted there, the ends of which are smeared with glue. Then weaving is carried out as linen - the thread lies in a wave-like fashion. When the desired height is gained, the thread is fixed, cut. To make the bottom, they simply wrap it with a thread greased with glue. The top of the design is made out with lace, ribbons, beads.
From wooden clothespins
The barrel casket is obtained from a round box of chips such as Pringles, disassembled wooden clothespins - they only need 12. The clothespins halves are glued with a moment glue to the chips can and are tied in two places with linen twine. The lid is also glued with linen rope, decorated with paper or textile flowers, a souvenir mug or a ball of polymer clay.
From newspaper tubes
The tubes are twisted from newsprint cut into strips about five centimeters wide, the pages of old books, glossy magazines - each sheet is folded diagonally, wrapped around a thin knitting needle, the tip of the sheet is fixed with PVA glue. For work, you need at least 18-22 tubes.
The tubes are painted with paint, to create a casket they are attached to a cardboard bottom of a round or square shape, and then braided with one long tube. When the desired height is reached, the tubes are bent, cut off. After you can weave the lid of the box, decorating it with a textile bow, flower.
From salt dough
Salty dough consists of flour, water and salt, taken in a ratio of 2 to 1.2 to 1. The dough is thoroughly kneaded, stick around and any suitable container - a jar of cream, cotton buds, etc. For decoration, the product is made out with fruits, leaves of dough, “legs” are attached to the bottom. Drying is done in the microwave - usually five to seven minutes is enough. The finished structure is painted manually, coated with a clear or dark varnish, dried in air.
From sewer pipe, MDF
A jewelry box can easily be created even from a piece of sewer pipe. To do this, you will need:
To begin with, four identical fragments are cut from the pipe, five to nine cm wide. Their edges are sanded with sandpaper so that there is no burr. Five circles with a double contour, a centimeter wide, are drawn on an MDF sheet, cut out along the outer contour. In four round parts, a recess is made, allowing you to put pieces of pipe on top.
Then plastic rings are put on flat plugs made of MDF, glued to them. In each mug, a hole for the central pin is pre-drilled, as well as a recess, into which a small stick will be inserted later, which prevents the “links” of the product from turning around its axis.
After the construction is covered with an adhesive primer mixture, when the layer dries, it is painted with a purple water-based paint. Then the details are decorated with glezzle, the color of nacre and bronze. To create an original texture of "marble", crumpled a crumpled piece of cellophane (cling film) soak the last, not yet dried layer, peeling. The steel pin is inserted so that it passes through all the parts, and a wooden ball is put on the metal tip protruding from above. The finished product is decorated with golden paint, a butterfly or a bow is glued to the lid.
Decor Methods
A ready-made casket made of any material is necessarily decorated to give a beautiful, "festive" appearance.What is used as a decor:
Cloth pasting
You can paste the box with textiles both inside and out. To glue the inner space, a cross-shaped template is cut out of paper, which is then transferred to the fabric. It is best to take velvet. It is important to make allowances - up to one cm on each side. Next, the paper is gently smeared with glue, glued to the fabric, bending the latter so that it is not visible from the outer edges of the paper. The product is dried under a press from books, after which it is put inside a decorated box, pressed, dried.
The easiest way is to paste a round casket with textiles - for this, its height is measured, the fabric is wrapped around, trimmed, the box is lubricated with PVA glue, the fabric is pressed against it, the product is dried. The same is done with the lid. A wooden, plywood casket can also be covered with knitwear - it is laid on the surface with beautiful folds, glued only to the bottom, fixed with a stapler.
Kanzashi decor
The technique of decorating "Kanzashi" is the art of creating flowers, leaves, birds, butterflies from fabric and ribbons. To design a product in this way, you will need the following materials, tools:
Working process:
Paper or wallpaper
The appearance of the box glued with paper depends on the thickness and texture of the latter. When using silver vinyl wallpaper, it is easy to create the effect as if the product is coated with metal. To work, you need PVA glue, paper towels, transparent varnish, multi-colored acrylic paints, wallpaper itself, and other paper.
Details are cut out of the wallpaper, taking into account the shape, size of the future product, plus small allowances for tucking. Glue is applied to the back surface of the wallpaper, the paper is left for a couple of minutes to soak, tightly pressed to the box, smoothed. It is important to carefully ensure that no air bubbles form when glued.
Next, black acrylic is applied to the surface, then, with the help of paper towels, red is applied, dried.The next layer is silver, after it - bronze, again black and red, green and gold. The product must be well dried, coated with one or two layers of varnish.
Decoupage
To decoupage a cardboard, plywood, wooden box, you will need:
If the product is wooden, it is carefully polished, from pieces of napkins, magazine pictures, shreds, a picture or pattern is made, it is tried on to the product. Then glue is applied to the surface, all parts are carefully glued, smoothed, excess glue is removed with a sponge. The finished box is dried, varnished. In the same way, you can glue the box inside.
Staining, painting
You can paint the chest yourself with acrylic, oil paints, gouache. When the product is pre-pasted with a cloth, it is painted using the "batik" technique using special dyes and contours.
To paint a simple wooden box, you will need a primer, multi-colored acrylic paints, brushes, stencils (they can easily be made independently from cardboard or bought in a store), sandpaper, masking tape. Initially, the structure is well ground, varnished. Next, an even coat of primer is applied, dried, sanded again. After the box is covered with paint, the layer is fixed with varnish.
Using masking tape, parts of the product are closed, which will not be made out with a pattern. In a place free from scotch tape, stencils are fixed, their inner part is painted over with thick paint. If the tone is not bright enough the first time, another one is applied on top. When the painting is completed, the box is completely varnished.
Eggshell decor
You can decorate the casket with pieces of eggshell - chicken, goose, quail, any other eggs are used.Also, for decorating the chest, you need different paints, PVA glue, a wooden manicure stick, brushes, a napkin with a pattern, a box of a suitable size, which is carefully sanded with an “null” sandpaper.
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Mosaic decor
The mosaic role is played by sunflower and lupine seeds, sea and river shells, wood saw cuts and pieces of bark, broken colored glass and beads, coffee beans and watermelon stones. The chest, after gluing the decor, is usually varnished from a spray can, partially or completely stained.
Volumetric decor made of baked polymer clay is also popular. Still needed for work:
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Conclusion
Making original handmade jewelry boxes at home can become a favorite hobby, allowing you to start making good money. The most detailed master classes are easy to find in popular magazines on the subject of "hand-made", as well as on the pages of Internet sites. Crafts are made out by the simplest materials at hand, because the financial costs are minimal.