Dark Sentiments Season 15 — Day 7: Handicrafts for Long Nights
Posted By Randy on October 7, 2024
Origami Demon Heart as presented in Fearsome Origami Devils and Demons (Click the image to enbiggen)
Paper as an element of expression is not limited to a simple passive platform for paint or ink, and tonight’s Dark Sentiment offers two delightful examples from that other fold — Origami.
To begin with the Demon Heart at the head of this piece, I posit that neither Hallmark nor floral arrangement hold greater power to woo the object of your heart’s desire than such a smooth demonstration of sincerity! Watch and learn as this presentation from Tadashi Mori – Origami Tutorials takes you through the steps.
As no pursuit of worthwhile endeavours comes absent peril, no discussion of paper folding, however intricate and beautiful, can come free from the dread reality that is the paper cut. To illustrate the point, here is the multi-talented Tommy Moore demonstrating how to make an actual knife from paper. This will not only yield hours of enjoyment, but give you something to do with all those piled up Amazon boxes!
Now over to Mr. Moore, until next time …
Prison Shank Skills?
I really never thought about it but actually no. People in prison seem to have access to more robust shank making materials and methods than anything here. This is more for filling in the space between Christmas seasons and arrival of that most festive of shanks — the well sucked candy cane.
Used to make the knife in high school
I hadn’t yet learned this by that point, but I was a fair hand at making black powder …