Sat, 29 Jan 2022

Springing

— SjG @ 5:14 pm

Starting a bit early around Mar Vista, even though the nights are cold.

Filed in:Art, General, Photography

Wed, 12 Jan 2022

Assembling Shadow Theaters

— SjG @ 6:33 pm

People often ask me “How do you put together those paper shadow theater things you make?”*. Here’s a quick visual tour of the process. You can click on the pictures to see more detail.

  • First, “weed” the layers, removing the cut-out sections
  • Pile up the different layers to see a preview.
  • For each layer, fold on the score lines.
  • Fold the corners and tape them.
  • Glue around the edges and stack two layers.
  • Put a book or other weight on top after adding each layer until the glue dries.
  • Zip-dry is the current glue of choice.
  • Stacked layers from the outside.
  • view into the side of the theater.
  • Completed and lit up.
  • Another view of the completed theater.
Steps to assemble a Shadow Theater

*(Nobody has ever asked me this.)

Filed in:Art, General