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A few weeks ago I had a comment from Laurence asking about Piercing templates and where to get them. So for Laurence and anyone else needing assistance here is an idea of what they are and how to make your own.
The placement of the holes on the template will vary to match the type of bind you are doing. For example if you are sewing across tapes on the spine of the book, the gap between the holes would be the width of your tape. So you can see any template is custom made to the project it is being used for.
Congratulations, you have now created your piercing template, it is as simple as that. If you use a sturdy cardstock to create your template and are careful as you pierce your signatures, you will be able to re-use your template for more than one book.
Here is a picture of how I hold the signatures to ensure that I pierce through the centre fold NOT to the left or right of it. If you use this method you will need to be very careful about where the holes come out, go slowly and you will be fine.
I hope this has been of help, if you would like more information on piercing saddles and how to make one do check out as they have a tutorial on this and many other aspects of book binding. Their forum is also very welcoming and friendly especially to newbies. There is a link to it in the side pannel of this blog.
Last but not least, paper piercing can be as simple as attaching brads to a project. With paper piercing you can create a design and then place the brads into the holes to make the design stand out.
The first item you will need is a small tool that will make holes in the paper and a protective surface below to save your table where you are working. I might also suggest that you use a template to make your design. The easiest templates I have used were pages out of coloring books. I used the outline to create my own pattern.
You should be well on your way with these two videos. Please comment below and let me know what projects you used this technique on. For me card making is the first thing that came to mind.
In the past, to get polished piercing jewels (or other helpful ones, like accurate and critical) you either had to do a lot of mob or boss battles, spend crowns on the jewel packs, or spend crowns on gardening packs for circle jewel blossoms and then spend time growing them. Now you have a fourth option!
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Featuring: classic jeweler Tom Herman; Harriete Estel Berman who creates jewelry with recycled materials; the legacy of modernist jeweler Art Smith; nature-inspired artist Gabrielle Gould; and Navajo/Hopi master jeweler Jesse Monongya.
Tom Herman is a jeweler with extraordinary talents who has mastered and personalized the most spectacular jewelry techniques such as lapidary, enameling, repouss, carving, chasing, saw piercing, and all manner of jewelry construction. Tom has been influenced by many jewelers and designers in his quest to understand and master classic jewelry techniques.
Joyce J. Scott is a versatile artist from Baltimore, Maryland. She is a printmaker, weaver, sculptor, performance artist, and educator, but she is probably most well known for her work in jewelry, beadwork, and glass. Her pieces serve as a commentary for issues regarding race, politics, sexism, and stereotypes. Of her own work, Scott says, "I believe in messing with stereotypes...It's important for me to use art in a manner that incites people to look and then carry something home - even if it's subliminal..."
Jewelry designer Gabrielle Gould makes her jewelry by hand in her secluded studio behind a Victorian house in St. Augustine, Florida. The subjects that Gabrielle uses in her jewelry, various animals and nature forms, are informed by her daily experience of living in coastal Florida. They represent a figurative view of the way she sees nature in its environment.
Jesse Monongya is a master Navajo/Hopi jeweler, living in Scottdale, AZ. Monongya is best known for his night-sky designs inlaid into a bear shape, which symbolizes strength and power, as well as other forms. His bracelets, necklaces, pendants, bolo ties, and earrings inlaid with Acoma jet, sugilite, coral, turquoise, lapis, and ivory among others are complemented by the dramatic southwestern landscapes that inspired him.
Robert K. Liu, Ph.D. is the co-editor of Ornament Magazine, which he co-edited with his wife, Carolyn L.E. Benesh. The publication, which was founded in 1974 as The Bead Journal, began with the encouragement of Robert's former major professor and a small gift. It now serves as a conduit for information and scholarship concerning jewelry, artwear and its makers.
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Together with this kindness card printable and an easy paper piercing technique, you can easily stitch a thoughtful gift for someone special. You don't even need to use the free printable. You can simply get ideas for making your own, perhaps adding your own meaningful message. Before you go rushing off though, this printable also comes without the sayings so if you like the shapes, you can add your own words.
A small act of kindness can make a huge difference in someone's life. It can brighten someone's day and have a positive impact on their mental health. These cards are a wonderful way for you to express your appreciation and of course, spread kindness.
I will run through how to make your free kindness cards printable below. However, if you just want to grab the download now, scroll to the base of this post where you'll find a big green button with the download link.
**It is not imperative that you use the paperweights that I have specified above. However, I do recommend some sort of cardstock or heavy paper. I actually used a lighter weight at 200gsm simply because that's all I had at the time. So don't rush out to buy something new if you already have a card close to the weights.
I'll drop the video to this tutorial below. However, if you enjoy reading words, keep scrolling for how I made my thinking of you kindness cards. Remember you will find the green download button at the end of this post, you can grab your printable there!
Once you have downloaded and printed your kindness cards printable, the first step is to prick the paper with a needle. Place a piece of cardboard underneath your printout and begin poking holes in the grey outlines. You can make these as close or far apart as you like. If children are making this craft, it might be easier for them if you pierce the holes further apart.
Once you have finished paper piercing you can now cut your cards out. I did this with a paper trimmer however scissors will do just fine too. If you like the rounded edges you can trim these with scissors or a corner paper punch.
Now comes the fun part! Using a simple backstitch I followed the paper piercing outlines to create my shapes. You can stick strictly to the outlines or create your own patterns and even fill them if you like.
What other ways would you use these kindness card printable tags? Have you embroidered using the paper piercing technique before? This is the first time I've done it and it was so simple. Of course, there are far more complex designs out there but these paper piercing cards are perfect for beginners (such as me!).
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Shadow piercings must be placed in a part of the body normally associated with a magic item slot, but they do not take up a slot on the body, nor interfere with other magic items that use those slots. A single slot can only hold one shadow piercing (non-magical piercings do not count against this limit). Shadow piercings can be applied to the following slots: belt, body, chest, eyes, feet, hands, head, neck, shoulder, and wrist.
Carefully inserting or removing a shadow piercing takes a full-round action and deals no damage. Alternatively, a shadow piercing may be pulled out of a creature using the steal maneuver as a standard action that deals 1d6 points of damage. Only a creature with the Craft Shadow Piercing feat may create or insert a shadow piercing, but any creature may remove one. Inserting a shadow piercing is impossible unless the target is willing or helpless. After being removed, a shadow piercing may be inserted into another creature by someone with this feat. Since they are treated as magic items, they are affected by dispel magic.
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