Help!
posted by: zinnia
March 4, 2007
8:32 pm
Help me! I wrote this article, it is the first part of a "How-To" and I need to know if my instructions and illustrations make sense. The subject is how to make wire armatures for papier-mache figurines.
Please have a look and post your suggestions of how to improve it.
http://freewebs.com/fullyfreenow/craft.htm
(there is a footnote that looks strange but that is for the print version)
posted by: pouliot
March 7, 2007
6:16 pm
To: Zinnia
RE: http://freewebs.com/fullyfreenow/craft.htm
(I am running Mozilla on a 24" monitor with a high resolution setting.)
The armatures in the images with the yellow background are a little hard to make out, except for the last one. Regarding these step by step illustrations showing how a complete figure is made, perhaps it would be better to show the way the wire is manipulated using a graphics program and drawing a very wide line where the wire is now. The problem seems to be that the wire is so thin it is hard to see. It is possible that you could take the images you have and go over them with a wide, drawn line. Where wire crosses wire, leave a gap in the drawn line so it is clear which wire is beneath which.
I don't have time right now to go over the instructions carefully. Sometimes, when writing out steps for manipulating wire or rope, string, etc. it is easier to illustrate the steps than it is to describe them.
Usually the "hint" to click an image for an enlargement is placed at the bottom of the image.
posted by: wljewell
March 12, 2007
10:12 pm
God loves you .
When it comes to atrsy-craftsy stuff, I have eleven big left toes on my hands.
However, the instructions seem clear enough. If as pouliot suggests you want clearer illustrations of the evolution of the wire bending, try finding a wire that is thicker and highly colored to use against a very contrasting background - you aren't necessarily going to use the graphic wire sample for anything but the instructions.
Remember, I love you, too
Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ,
Pristinus Sapienter
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posted by: zinnia
March 20, 2007
12:53 pm
Thank you, pouliot & Bill. Sorry it took me so long to get back, but the college was on break. So I got more gardening done, *LOL*...
BTW, I finally solved my angel-wing problem and will be replacing the crucifix with an angel figurine soon... The problem was that they simply did not look "angelic' enough, but looked more like bat-wings.
(*LOL*-- how many of us can say our angel-wings are giving us problems?)
I think you are both right about the images. It really works better as a demonstration, and so I think I will try to get someone else to take pictures of my hands as I make one. In the meantime I will make new drawings.
Bill, if you are all "toes" then you are the best one to judge if I make any sense! *LOL*
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I am but a small flower among showers of roses