As artist we all spend money on materials to draw on. In an effort to be less wasteful I started looking at all the packages 📦 that we throw away and realize that companies spend a ton of money on the packaging of their products to get us to buy them. I decided to take one of these boxes and turn it inside out and draw on the other side. This turned out to be a fun medium to draw on it is mid tone so works great for color pencils ✏️ Here is how I turn them into a self standing canvas.
1 open bottom of box
2 find steem and slide finger between to release glue
3 open up box and draw on reverse side
4 folding the box inside out making a triangle free standing canvas start by folding in the tab on the side of the drawing.
5 fold the back over like this
6 fold the end back over these tabs will fold inside and get held in place by the bottom and top tabs
7 fold top in then the last tab this locks it in and makes it hold the shape. Repeat process on the other end.
There you go an unlimited supply of free standing art displays I discover this last year and now save all my boxes so I can do fun small pieces that I can give away to friends and family. This works with boxes of all sizes.
I would love to see what you create using this FUN artcycling idea. Please mention me @allowisticartist in your post when you share your drawings on this idea I will come upvote and reblog it to my page. Please include a link to this article in your post so others can see how to turn our trash into art.
Creativity flows in the waves of now.
Allowistic Artist
Vincent Strader
Your invited to the Allowistic islands 🌴
This is awesome... and i love ur tag artcycling hahaha... this is the exact way I started making cardboard art with hot glue... can't wait to see what you artcycle next
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@gotmeens it is your cardboard cactus 🌵 that inspired me to write this post
https://steemit.com/art/@gotmeens/cardboard-cacti-in-painted-pots
I started using that tag #artcycling last year when I realized how I can tap into the flow of waste in our throw it away society.
Thanks for stopping by the Allowistic islands 🌴
Where creativity flows in the waves of now.
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Just went over to check out @gotmeens cactus's... thanks they're very cool. I may have to take a little from the idea, this year we're doing christmas with only handmade presents. Trying to turn it into buy-
nothing/make-something holiday for us little by little. It will be the second year!
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Oh yes Xmas ornaments would be super fun. All seasons are good to make with these ideas. When you make them be sure to mention me @allowisticartist and I will come give you an upvote. I am following you now so welcome to the Allowistic islands 🌴
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Will do for sure! And I'll post the pictures. Thanks, following you too
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so cool when art inspires art... i'm definitely riding these island waves!!
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Surfs up and the weather is fine here at the Allowistic islands 🌴
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I like it I like it a lot 😎
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Nice nice, I really like that idea. We usually only open boxes to draw on but we never did the fold thing like you did there. Thanks for the idea, we've been saving all sorts of material like that for our kid who loves to draw.
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The fold just came to me as I play.
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endless creativity. with all the shortcomings many ideas will emerge. extraordinary.
I like this your words :
In an effort to be less wasteful I started looking at all the packages 📦 that we throw away and realize that companies spend a ton of money on the packaging of their products to get us to buy them. I decided to take one of these boxes and turn it inside out and draw on the other side. This turned out to be a fun medium to draw on it is mid tone so works great for color pencils ✏️ Here is how I turn them into a self standing canvas.
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@muhajir thank you for taking the time to write me and notice my words I really like the photos of the butterflies you share on your blog
https://steemit.com/animals/@muhajir/beautiful-butterfly
I am following you now and look forward to your continued research on butterflies 🦋
Welcome to the Allowistic islands 🌴
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thank you for visiting me. I was touched and happy. Good luck.
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Returning the joy I feel when you visit the Allowistic islands 🌴
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This post recieved an upvote from minnowpond. If you would like to recieve upvotes from minnowpond on all your posts, simply FOLLOW @minnowpond
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Ah there you are unit one ☝️ always stopping by to the Allowistic islands 🌴
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