Many thanks to our two international M's...Mary Conley from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and Margaret Beech from York, England. They came up with a terrific workshop to start off the holiday season. Mary showed us how to make a simple origami inspired Christmas Tree that was all about folding...no glue and no sewing. It could be made in any size using a square sheet of paper. Here are some examples:
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| Dolores Guffey used her beautiful marbled paper. |
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| Ellen Hoffman made this little tree (paper 5 1/4" square) to be hung from her Christmas tree. |
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| Michele Kamprath made her tree from map paper. |
Margaret's tree was made from four different sized squares of paper and could be expanded to have even more layers. This tree did require a bit of gluing, but it could also be dismantled and flattened to send or pack away for another year. Here are some examples:
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| Margaret's four cone shapes ready to be stacked. |
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| Margaret's finished tree |
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| Michele Kamprath's tree made from map and music papers. |
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| Dolores Guffey's tree |
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| Bonnie Julien's trees |
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| Sherrill Story's two trees |
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| Sherrill modified her tree structure to turn it into flat cards. |
This same "tree" structure can also be used to make a Santa Claus or maybe something else. Here is a photo of one Margaret made from recycled holiday cards.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the workshop... especially Mary and Margaret for teaching us how to make these structures.
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