• Collagraph
• Diffusing Paper Dragonfly
• Dragonfly Card Making
• Dragonfly Fusible Webbing Large
• Dragonfly Fusible Webbing Small
• Magiclay Dragonfly
• Paverpol Dragonfly
• Stocking Dragonfly
• Tissue Paper Dragonfly
• Wire Dragonfly Brooch
• DREAMER steps

Collagraph

• Materials
  
• Boxboard
  
• Supertac
  
• PVA
  
• Corrugated cardboard
  
• String
  
• Cigarette filters
  
• Compressed sponge
  
• Pipe cleaners
  
• Matchsticks
  
• Cutter/cutting mat
  
• Scissors
  
• Foam roller
  
• Sponge
  
• Cartridge paper
  
• Cover Paper Assorted
  
• Fabric (ie Calico)
  
• Tyvek
  
• (Dual fabric paint for weather or wash resistance)
  
• Cellophane
  
• Cobweb paper
  
• Spectrum Foil
  
• Fluorescent Tissue

1. Cut the boxboard to a size suitable for your design. This will be the base of your stamp or block.

2. Draw design onto boxboard

3. Outline, or fill in the design with a collage material. It is important that the collage has an even height so that all the surface of the design will touch the paper and consequently print.

4. Glue the design down well and allow it to dry.

5. A mixture of collage materials can be used but they may need to be under laid with thin card board where there is a variation in height.

6. Use a sponge or foam roller to coat the collagraph block with a thin layer of paint (Chromacryl is excellent).

7. Print the block facedown onto paper - pressing down evenly over the boxboard base.

8. When the prints are dry you can:

- cut out and collaged onto a new surface

- left whole and framed or mounted

- coloured in

- drawn on with metallic pens or markers

- stitched

- beaded etc

- Multiple prints can be patch worked together.

DRAGONFLY FUSIBLE WEBBING (Large)

Materials

• Poly Body
• Paper Magiclay
• Silkee Paper
• Metallic Pearl Paper
• Colour Weave Fabric
• Craft Aluminium Wire
• Metallic Wire Cord
• Plastic Beads
• Metallic Yarn
• Ostrich Wool
• PVA
• Arbee Craft Glue
• Wooden Beads
• Fusible Webbing
• Metallic Jersey Rainbow

1. Use Paper Magiclay to add a tapered tail to a Poly Body.

2. Completely cover the form in small pieces of torn Silkee Paper and small squares of Metallic Pearl Paper.

3. Use Craft Aluminium Wire to create four wings and wrap the wire with Metallic Yarn.

4. Iron Fusible Webbing on to paper or fabric and iron these on to Colour Weave Fabric.

5. Use Arbee Craft Glue to stick the Colour Weave Fabric to the wire wings. Use a weight i.e. a heavy book to assist in the adhesion of paper to wire.

6. Glue on Wooden Beads for eyes.

7. Push lengths of Craft Aluminium Wire into the head for antennas; and thread a bead on to the end of each antenna.

8. Cut a length of Metallic Wire Cord to poke into the head for a tongue.

DRAGONFLY FUSIBLE WEBBING (Small)

Materials

• Paper Magiclay
• Shimmer Paint
• Coloured Stocking Pieces
• Craft Aluminium Wire
• Metallic Wire Cord
• Plastic Beads
• Metallic Yarn
• Ostrich Wool
• PVA
• Bulldog Clips
• Wooden Beads
• Fusible Webbing
• Nylon Wings
• Rub n Buff
• Shimmer Cellophane
• Metallic Jersey

1. Create a dragonfly body using Paper Magiclay and adorn it with horns, spikes etc. by manipulating the Magiclay and pressing them on to the body.

2. Press in the Wooden Beads where the eyes will be placed and press in holes for the Stocking wings/Nylon Wings. Set aside to dry.

3. Nylon Wings: Paint the wings with Shimmer Paint and when dry fuse pieces of Metallic Jersey and Shimmer Cellophane to the wings using Fusible Webbing and an iron.

4. Stocking Wings: Make the wings using Craft Aluminium Wire shaped into a wing shape. Stretch a length of Coloured Stocking over the wire and secure it at the base with PVA. Clamp this end with a Bulldog Clip until it is dry.

5. Paint the dragonfly with Shimmer Paint and set aside to dry.

6. Glue on the eyes, wings, antennae, tongue etc. Apply Rub n Buff to the painted body.

7. Wrap Metallic Yarn where appropriate.

Magiclay Dragonfly 1

Materials

• Poly Body on a Stand
• Paper Magiclay
• Shimmer Paint
• Glitter
• Skeleton Leaves
• Food Dye
• Hot Glue Gun

1. Cut the head off the body and add Paper Magiclay to the body by gently pinching and twisting out pieces of the Magiclay.

2. Roll two balls of Magiclay to create two eyes to add to the head of the dragonfly.

3. Paint the form with Shimmer Paint and sprinkle with Glitter and set aside to dry.

4. Colour four Skeleton Leaves with Food Dye and when dry use a Hot Glue Gun to attach the wings to the top of the dragonfly body.

Magiclay Dragonfly 2

Materials

• Paper Magiclay
• Acetate
• Rubbing Plate
• Shimmer Paint
• Glitter
• Skeleton Leaves
• Food Dye
• Hot Glue Gun
• Craft Aluminium Wire

1. Roll out a ball of Paper Magiclay between two sheets of Acetate.

2. Press the sheet of Magiclay down on to a Rubbing Plate and roll over the Magiclay to pick up the texture of the plate.

3. Peel off the sheet of Magiclay and allow to dry overnight.

4. Use scissors to cut out a dragonfly shape.

5. Paint the shape with Shimmer Paint and sprinkle over Glitter.

6. When dry add legs and antennae of Craft Aluminium Wire and dyed Skeleton Leaves for wings.

7. Glue beads on for eyes

Paverpol Dragonfly

Materials

• Paverpol
• Pavercolour
• Armature Wire 1.6 mm
• Aluminium Foil
• T- shirt material/ Cotton Jersey
• Cotton Knit
• Brush
• Blocks of hard wood
• Icecream containers
• Popsticks
• Satay Sticks

1. Use a length of Armature Wire approximately 2 m long to make a dragonfly body with four wings.

2. Wrap the armature figure with Aluminium Foil or recycled plastic bags. Roll a ball of Aluminium Foil to shape the head and secure this ball inside the wire loop. Add two small balls of foil for the eyes.

3. Use a Popstick to rub the foil smooth.

4. Mix the chosen colour of Pavercolour with a little water to a paste and stir into the Paverpol, making sure it is well mixed.

5. Dip strips of material into the coloured Paverpol, wring out the excess and roll the strip up into a roll for wrapping with ease, around the wire.

6. Wrap the form with wet strips of fabric to completely cover the wire. Start by wrapping the wings in wet fabric. Wind the strips very tightly around the frame.

7. Start from the tail with a strip of wet fabric and wind it around the body towards the head, completely covering the wire.

8. Use a piece of fabric approximately 10 x10 cm for the front of the head. Cut two slits approximately 3 cm either side in towards the centre.

9. Dip the material in the coloured Paverpol and stretch the fabric across the front of the face and eyes, leaving the four flaps to twist around the back of the neck and body.

10. Set the figure aside to dry when the frame is completely covered in fabric.

11. Attach the covered figure to a base that has also been completely painted with coloured Paverpol.

12. Decorate the dried form with Glitter or Vipond Paint.

Stocking Dragonfly

Materials

• Stocking Pieces
• Paper Magiclay
• Soft Cut
• Sakura Small U
• Craft Aluminium Wire
• Sequins in a Jar Stars
• Liquid Glitter
• Shimmer Paint
• Arbee Craft Glue
• Pongee Silk
• Polyester Filling
• Metallic Yarn
• Hot Melt Glue Gun

1. Knot one end of a Stocking Piece and fill the length with Polyester Filling. Shape the piece to create a narrow end. Knot the end to secure the filling and use this end knot as the feelers of the dragonfly.

2. Wind Metallic Yarn around the filled stocking to create the head, body and tail segments.

3. Paint lines of colour around the stocking body and set aside to dry.

4. Draw the lines of a dragonfly's wings on a block of Soft Cut. Carve the lines with a lino tool and ink up the block with Shimmer Paint.

5. Print the design repeatedly to completely cover a piece of Pongee Silk approximately A4 size. Set aside to dry.

6.  Model two bulbous eyes using Paper Magiclay and when dry paint with Shimmer Paint.

7. Bend two lengths of Craft Aluminium Wire to form two wings and glue these on to two pieces of printed fabric. Trim off the excess fabric around the wire.

8. Cut lengths of Craft Aluminium Wire and bind with wire to create six legs. Glue these to the undercarriage of the insect body.

9. Glue the wings on to the top of the insect body and glue the eyes on to the head.

10. Glue Sequin Stars on to the eyes and top of the wings.

Apply lines of Liquid Glitter to the top of the body and tail.

Tissue Paper Dragonfly

Materials

• Poly Body on Stand
• Cane
• Metallic Tissue Paper
• Metallic Yarn
• Metallic Wire Cord
• Glitter Pom Poms 18 mm
• Arbee Craft Glue
• PVA
• Masking Tape

1. Cover a Poly Body with Metallic Tissue Paper, using watered down PVA to glue the paper to the form.

2. Wet lengths of Cane in water for 5 minutes and when dry create four wings (two separate pairs). Use Masking Tape to bind the cane to form the wing shapes.

3. Cover the wings with Metallic Tissue Paper and then bind the two pairs of wings together with Metallic Yarn.

4. Wind Metallic Yarn around the body of the dragonfly, including the head. Use a combination of colours to make the insect more colourful.

5. Glue on two Pom Poms for eyes.

6. Use Metallic Wire Cord to create legs and antennas.

7. Glue Metallic Yarn in swirls across each wing.

8. Use a Hot Melt Glue Gun to attach the wings on to the top of the dragonfly body.

WIRE DRAGONFLY BROOCH

Materials

• Florist Wire Rainbow
• Brooch Back 20 mm Gold or Silver
• Beading Wire Gold or Silver
• Large round bead (if desired)
• Mini Flat Nosed Pliers
• Mini Round Nosed Pliers
• Mini Diagonal Cutter

BODY OF DRAGONFLY

1. Take one piece of wire (approx 45 cm) and bend it to make a loop (this will be the head) with the shortest side (left hand side) approximately 5 cm long (if using a bead for the head, thread the bead on now so it sits at the top of the loop).

2. Squeeze together so the bottom of the short side is touching the long side and the top of the loop (head) is approximately 1 cm wide.

3. Hold the head in your left hand upside down and wrap the longest length once, clockwise around the end.

4. Turn loop upright (now holding the tail) and twist anti clockwise all the way up to the top of the head (and once across the loop, or bead to secure and form a "rounded" shape).

5.  Hold the head in left hand and twist clockwise all the way back down.

6. Hold the tail in left hand and twist up anti clockwise as far as the wire will allow. Keep in mind to taper the shape so that the top (head) is the widest part (i.e. don't wrap too much wire around the tail end). Poke end of wire through the body so that it is not sticking out.

WINGS OF DRAGONFLY

1. Take another length of wire and make a loop so that the shortest end is approximately 4 cm. Twist the longest length clockwise around 1 cm from the end of the shortest length. Make another loop with the longest length so that it matches the first loop (this will be on the opposite side).

2. Turn the work around so that the second loop is in your left hand. Twist wire once around the mid point clockwise. Repeat so that you end up with 4 wings. Flatten the 1 cm excess from the start against the middle twists to neaten.

CONNECTING WINGS TO BODY

Thread the excess long end of the wings 1/3 of the way through the body so the wings sit nicely spaced under the head. Thread back through a different but close space and pull with mini flat nosed pliers to tighten. Wrap over wings to secure and thread through the front again and then to the back.  Holding the head in your left hand, twist the loose wire clockwise around the body, poke end back through the body to neaten.

ATTACHING BROOCH BACK

Take a length of Beading Wire and starting from the back (flat) of the Brooch Back with the clasp opened, thread through holes. Re-thread back through holes in opposite direction and pull with mini flat nosed pliers to tighten.

With the flat side of the brooch back toward the back of the dragonfly body, thread the beading wire from the top of the brooch back through to the front, making sure this is where you want the brooch back to sit, then thread the beading wire from the bottom part of the brooch back through to the front. Thread each end back through to the back, ensuring it is not through the same hole, and thread through the hole of the brooch back, pull with mini flat nosed pliers to tighten. Twist Beading Wire together for around 5 mm and cut with Mini Diagonal Cutter or old pair of scissors. Using Mini Round Nose Pliers, poke twisted wire through brooch back hole to the middle of the body to neaten.

Finish by bending and shaping wings to the desired shape.