Handy man's workshop and laboratory . o as totransform them into attrac-tive glove cases, suitable forChristmas presents, to fashiongrotesque figures for the cor-ners of dens, to change com-mon jelly jars into chimneyornaments and to mold daintyfigures for use in decoratingwalls or corners of rooms. There is no mystery aboutthe process. The simple storyof the material used in mak-ing the figures shown in thephotographs, which are sohard that they cannot be cutwith a knife, is this: Themembers of the family wereset to work tearing the news-papers into small were left to soak in awa
Handy man's workshop and laboratory . o as totransform them into attrac-tive glove cases, suitable forChristmas presents, to fashiongrotesque figures for the cor-ners of dens, to change com-mon jelly jars into chimneyornaments and to mold daintyfigures for use in decoratingwalls or corners of rooms. There is no mystery aboutthe process. The simple storyof the material used in mak-ing the figures shown in thephotographs, which are sohard that they cannot be cutwith a knife, is this: Themembers of the family wereset to work tearing the news-papers into small were left to soak in awash tub for a night. Theymight have been ready then,but as the writer of this wasnot ready to use them they were soaked until the evening. Then they were ground up and pulverized by being put throughthe meat chopper in the manner shown in Fig. 263. After thisan attempt was made to use the pulp in molding. It was all-right for this purpose, but it lacked cohesiveness. The pulpdried and spread so as to make the work useless. The idea of. Fig. 265- -Decorating a box withpaper pulp 3^4 HANDY MANS WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY mixing liquid glue with the pulp was then tried, with the greatestsuccess. In this fashion it was not difficult to mold the pulp and it I dried firmly and as hard as of the idea can be foundby any one with ingenuity. The fig-ures molded from the pulp can bepainted, as was the figure of the littlechild with the candle, which wasfound to make a most attractive orna-_ I ment for a bedroom wall (Fig. 264). r, , . The molding itself of course is work Fig 266—A jar ornamented ,, . ^ with paper pulp tllat requires some talent. But in these clays there is almost sure to be some member of the family who has a talent in this direction. HEROS FOUNTAIN AS A TABLE ORNAMENT A pretty table ornament in the shape of a small automaticfountain can be constructed of materials within the reach ofevery Handy Man. While the height of the jet is small, unless the apparat
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