Paper Bead Collage... Tutorial...

I was inspired by someone who took chop sticks and did this technique. I created this pendant from the same rolled image that I printed and put together.

Example photo... tutorial below...




This picture was originally about 9 inches x 12 inches. I resized it to 2 inchs x 2.5 inches and set it to 600 dpi. Using Adobe Photoshop 7... (or any other photoshop) Make a single page at 8.5 x 11 set at 600 dpi. Use your Ctrl and (-) together to bring it down to 8.5% viewability. This is so it is manageable. Make sure both your large blank 8.5 x 11 blank page and photo your using is set at 8.5% viewablility. After you have these two steps done... drag your image onto the large blank page. Set your printer at the highest level of printing and print. Cut out your photos and roll up on a pen and glue one of the edges. After you get the photos all rolled and glued... let them sit for a few minutes... line up the rolls so they create the original image. Put a light line of glue on the first roll and place the second roll in its proper position. After you get the rolls glued together to create the image... I used a dremel tool to drill all the way through the paper rolls. I then wire wrapped the top to create the bail.

I do not have a tutorial on the wire wrapping... Just something I've been doing for awhile...

Matthew
http://www.createapendant.com

 

that looks so great! thanks for the link.

 

That's tops I love the picture on it.