Oriental bookmark
Make a bookmark, Japanese style!
Material and tools:
A napkin or softpaper with Japanese motifs, a wooden bead with a wide hole, cardboard (red and white), red cotton cord or silk thread, a decorative ribbon, metal leaves, Metallic Effect glue for metal leaves.
Instructions:
1 Cut the white cardboard in the shape of a bookmark. Cut out the chosen motifs and glue them onto the white cardboard. Wrap the gold decorative ribbon along the middle and glue it.
2 Use the ink pad to line the edge.
3 Cut the red base a few mm bigger than the bookmark. Glue the decorated bookmark on the base. Cut a hole for the cord on the top.
4 Spread the glue for gold metal leaves on the napkin edge. Leave it to dry (it becomes transparent).
5 Place the golden leaves carefully onto the glue. Smooth with fingers.
6 Use a soft brush to remove the extra. The metal leaves will remain on the places with glue.
7 Cut the cord in 20 cm long pieces. Thread them through a wooden bead.
8 Fold the threads over the bead. Add a drop of glue and fix them.
9 Wrap the bead and thread with a gold ribbon. Thread and glue a thicker cord through the bead.
10 Thread the loose end of the cord through the hole on the bookmark, push it and glue it in the middle of the bead.
Made by Višnja Skorin
