Everything for the home was to be handmade. Light fixtures were made of copper and topped with mica shades. Pottery was thrown by hand. Woven curtains, table runners, and bed linens wore simple embellishments of stylized leaves and flowers. The colors were muted and natural. Authentic and re...
The materials used to make the bodies vary widely accordingly. Some common materials used include cardboard, wood, metals (brass is common), glass (clear glass, stained glass and more) and plastic. You're probably most familiar with the tube-shaped kaleidoscope, which resembles a spyglass or ...
Making stained glass is an ancientartthat can be traced back to the early Egyptians. Although the first colored glass may have been used as jewelry or evencurrency, we probably know the art form best from seeing stained glass in the windows of churches. These windows are really paintings ...
You just need a big enough container; whether it is an old vintage wooden box or a round glass bowl, you can make a beautiful little living garden. You can even use smaller prices like old teacups or glass cylinders to make a set of these plants. Some white stones can be placed around...
How To Make Orchids Rebloom Understanding your plant’s blooming cycle is key to knowinghow to get an orchid to rebloom. Some naturally bloom throughout the year, others only once. However, you can usually encourage more flowers indoors. ...
Think of the glass beads that dangle from necklaces, the delicate glass flowers you can see at Harvard's Botanical museum and glass paperweights with intricate designs imbedded inside them. Don't let the size of these examples fool you, though -- lampworking can be used to make large pieces...
The Tyrant showing off an edible Hibiscus sabdariffa plant atOak Hill Cafe & Farm. The plant’s leaves, flowers, and calyxes are edible. a. Calyxes What is a hibiscus calyx?The calyx is technically the fused sepals of the flower; attached directly to the stem of the plant, it’s the...
Disclaimer: About 15% of the fused parts broke after being tacked fused together. If you received your magless in two parts, glue them back together. That's what I had to do. Artist's statement: I like to make things. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*...
The number of Astronomy related Internships/Summer Schools/Camps/Conferences are endless, thus this will provide a beginning to your search of things to do in those long summer holidays (or simply if you just want to go off and explore another country). I’ve tried to make sure that most...
In this case, UV patches might serve as protection against UV light; such function has been proposed for flowers, where highly reflective pollen can function as UV protection after anthesis [169]. A follow-up on the abovementioned Gonepteryx study that worked with 320 specimens of seven species...