Trying to participate in "Go Green Programs"

Inspired by some go green program, few months ago I wanted to make something useful from used materials, and the easiest material to use is waste paper...I've tried using old newspapers for making vases, etc ... but I could not succeed..I found it hard to make.  Then, I decided to make something using quilling techniques, but I found it was difficult too...I wasn't satisfied with the color (I think the color didn't have enough contrast)...so, I finally use those quillings to decorate a pen holder that made from old milk box and used ice cream sticks...and I still didn't satisfied with the result.    

woven paper basket

The next experiment was woven paper technique.  I made a little basket with old magazine papers..and it turned out that the basket was good enough..for me :D  and now, I use that basket to put coins. 

 

Next, inspired by the work of a quiller I saw on the Going Green Crafters & Artists blog, I finally tried to make one work that using unused paper brochures .. and eventually, I did it!!! I mad a basket of flowers, still far from perfect it is (I guess I have no skill in flowers arranging :D), especially the color settings ... so it looks less contrast between one flower to another ... but that's okay, at least I feel satisfied with what I've made today. Hopefully someday I can make better projects with this raw material. 

a basket of flowers

Terinspirasi dari go green yang lagi jadi trend...beberapa waktu yang lalu saya jadi pengen buat sesuatu dari barang-barang bekas..yang kepikiran ya dari kertas bekas...udah sempet coba pake koran bekas buat bikin vas, dll...tapi ga berhasil..ternyata susah.  alhasil coba bikin pake teknik paper quilling, tapi susah juga, karna warnanya kurang bagus..coba buat tempat pen...sama ditambahin stik bekas es krim....tapi jadinya kurang memuaskan.  percobaan berikutnya bikin anyaman, jadi box/keranjang serba guna gitu...jadinya lumayan, tapi berhubung kertasnya pendek dan  ga disambung-sambung, jadinya kecil deh box nya..tapi lumayan, bisa buat taruh koin hehhehee....

nah, berikutnya, terinspirasi dari karya seorang quiller yang sempat saya lihat di blog Going Green Crafters & Artist, akhirnya saya mencoba membuat satu karya yang manfaatkan kertas brosur yang tidak terpakai..akhirnya jadi sebuah keranjang bunga, masih jauh dari sempurna memang (rasanya saya memang tidak berbakat merangkai bunga :D ), terutama pengaturan warnanya...sehingga terlihat kurang kontras antara satu bunga dengan yang lain...tapi tidak apa-apa, paling tidak saya merasa puas dengan apa yang sudah saya buat hari ini.  mudah-mudahan nanti saya bisa menghasilkan karya lain yang lebih baik lagi dengan bahan baku ini.