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Test your craft skills with these creative ideas for DIY Christmas ornaments. They're easy and fun to make, and can be given as homemade Christmas gifts, too!
Marquetry. In contrast, this tilt-top table is veneered in a parquetry pattern by Isaac Leonard Wise, circa 1934. Marquetry (also spelled as marqueterie; from the French marqueter, to variegate) is the art and craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns or designs. The technique may be applied to case furniture ...
We love the idea of large outdoor hanging ornaments on a tree in your yard—just secure to branches with wire. Choose light-weight, oversize ornaments to secure to branches for a festive, eye ...
Christmas ornaments make great gifts because they can be so sentimental and last forever. Year after year, your loved ones will pull the ornament you gave them out of storage and remember your ...
Cloisonné. Pectoral of Senusret II, from his daughter's grave, using shaped stones rather than enamel. Cloisonné inlays on gold of carnelian, feldspar, garnet, turquoise, lapis lazuli, 1880s BC. Chinese Ming Dynasty cloisonné enamel bowl, using nine colours of enamel. Cloisonné ( French: [klwazɔne]) is an ancient technique for decorating ...
In architecture, an ornament may be carved into stone or wood to resemble leaves from the Mediterranean species of the Acanthus genus of plants, which have deeply cut leaves with some similarity to those of the thistle and poppy. Both Acanthus mollis and the still more deeply cut Acanthus spinosus have been claimed as the main model, and ...
Lapidary. Lapidary (from the Latin lapidarius) is the practice of shaping stone, minerals, or gemstones into decorative items such as cabochons, engraved gems (including cameos ), and faceted designs. A person who practices lapidary is known as a lapidarist. A lapidarist uses the lapidary techniques of cutting, grinding, and polishing.
Papercutting or paper cutting is the art of paper designs. Art has evolved all over the world to adapt to different cultural styles. One traditional distinction most styles share is that the designs are cut from a single sheet of paper as opposed to multiple adjoining sheets as in collage .