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Woven Paper Placemat (Part 22)

🎨Studio Brief #65

Weave strips of paper through a cut base to create a colorful placemat.

🎯 Your mission

If you can wear it, that counts.

⚡ The twist

Make it stand up on its own.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 You can fold a piece of paper at most about 7 times — physics gets in the way after that.

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Artist Spotlight

🎨 El Anatsui makes giant sculptures from bottle caps.

Practice weaving in this art lesson: woven paper placemat (part 22).

What You'll Learn

Weave strips of paper through a cut base to create a colorful placemat. Paper weaving teaches the over-under pattern used in all textile weaving.

Techniques You'll Practice

weavingover-under patterncolor alternation

Materials Needed

Googly eyesGlue sticksPaper plates

Step-by-Step Guide

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Where you see this in real life

The next time you 'just buy it,' notice how much you could've made yourself.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Make a card for someone who isn't expecting one.

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For the dinner table

“What's something you'd build if you had unlimited cardboard?”

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