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Making a three-dimensional picture
17 June 2022
Tips & Tricks
I made this small picture from hard foam boards XPS, light foam boards and paper handkerchiefs. The motif is a small window from Hattstatt in Alsace. The picture is 13 x 18 cm.
First kit of AN OLD FOUNTAIN as Time Lapse
17 May 2022
Surprises
I developed my current project AN OLD FOUNTAIN a few years ago as a first version. This version was not yet in a showcase. The plants were also made of a different material. I filmed this version. But I never published the video or the whole project. Here is the video as a time-lapse version.
My blooming spring
14 April 2022
Reportage
It is spring. I'm going for a little walk. Because I want to be inspired for new projects.
Your creative works
New section
I have opened a new section on this website. You have completed my projects and would like to show your work here? Send me good photos of your work by email. If they are particularly successful, I will proudly and happily place them on the newly opened page "Your creative works". You can find it under the menu item "Community". The first picture was created by Roger from Turtmann CH. The starting point was the project THE FORGOTTEN WINDOW 1510.
An old little house in Alsace
25 March 2022
Reportage
I discovered a small house in Alsace. It is about to collapse. I study the individual building elements and structures. An ideal study object for creating dramatic house miniatures. A few weeks after I took the pictures, it was demolished.
Buy hard foam sheets in DE and AT
Materials
German and Austrian online shops for the green hard foam sheets are now in the list.
Buy hard foam sheets
Materials
The page with sales locations of hard foam boards is up. At the moment only online shops from German-speaking Switzerland are listed. The sale of sheets within FORM & PAINT is discontinued.
My first three-dimensional picture
2 March 2022
Reportage
I show you my first three-dimensional picture. Why and how I made it. And how this work looks today.
Project now available
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Challenge level 3. No. 1527
How to change the blade of a scalpel
20 February 2022
Tips & Tricks
Changing the blade is easy if you know how.
Project now available
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Challenge level 3. No. 1521
The ideal gift for crafters
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The value of the voucher can be switched in the product page to
CHF 25.00 / 50.00 / 75.00 / 100.00.To the gift vouchers
Project now available
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Challenge level 2. No 1591
Project in preparation
BETWEEN THE DOORS
A window is caught between two doors. This scene exists in Riquewihr in Alsace.
The photos are from the instruction video. On 11 February this project will be published. This is a demanding project with requirement level 2. To the video
Project in preparation
THE TEDDY WINDOW
The release date is now set. This interesting project will be available from 4 February. The photos are screenshots from the instruction video. The requirement level is 2.
To the video
Coloured houses in Alsace
2 January 2022
Reportage
Why are many old buildings in Alsace so wonderfully colourful? Here is the explanation.
The practical pumice stone
29 December 2021
Tips & Tricks
How incredibly easy and effective it is to model a hard foam board with a pumice stone.
The ideal concentration exercise
23 December 2021
Tips & Tricks
This is my concentration exercise. With this I am the calmness itself.
Project in preparation
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I am currently developing this new project. A whole shop window full of teddy bears. Here I show you first glimpses.
Expected requirement level 2.
To the video
Buy hard foam sheets
New Products
The page with sales locations is still being built. In the meantime, you can buy the best hard foam panels directly from my online shop. But delivery is only possible within Switzerland. In the detailed descriptions of the projects you can find out how many sheets of which thickness are needed.
Wooden tool 2
11 December 2021
Tips & Tricks
The making of a small stick with a rounded end.
Wooden tool 1
Tips & Tricks
The making of a small piece of wood, the end of which is sharpened.
Project now available
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Challenge level 1. No. 1510
Project now available
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This simple project from the Alsace region is now available. The creation of the clematis is a small, interesting challenge.
Challenge level 2. No. 1528
Alsace
Region
I chose the romantic Alsace as the first region for FORM & PAINT, because it is on my doorstep. This region offers wonderful motifs that have inspired me to create numerous projects. With these projects you can creatively capture and depict the soul of this fascinating region.
Juppieee Grand Opening !
11 December 2021
Grand opening
Finally, finally FORM & PAINT is open! It took a whole year and a half of preparations, tests and everything else that goes with it. I'm so happy that it's starting now. And that you can get my projects from now on. I wish you a lot of fun with the new crafting experience.