Masking Tape |
You can use Masking tape for many purposes.
You can taped together finished pieces easily make things of
them.
Many pieces of furniture are taped.
If you want to make small
figures, which can not be done on the ordinary peg boards, masking tape can be helpful.
In the church tower to the church, which I have on my permanent exhibition in
Röke, there is a clock. To make it of gold beads I needed several rings in different sizes between the sizes
I could get on the standard little round peg board.
Then it is good to use masking
tape. You attache the tape on something with the sticky side up. Then you put the gold
beads in circles. When the rings are ironed you glued them together with
glue mebt for wood. It is about 20 years ago I made the clock and it is still there. In the
same way I made the spettkaka in Huberts saga.
Masking tape is also good if you
want to be careful on the peg boards. Then you lay the figure and tape on it.
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This is how it looks like when you taped the whole
figure and it is ready to be ironed.
Press the tape, so it stick on to the beads, so you can turn it around.
If you place a board on top of your figure and hold together it is easier to turn it around.
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This is how it looks like when you turned the
figure and it is ready to be ironed.
The basis must be flat and able to
withstand heat.
Now, add sandwich paper and iron as usual.
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When you ironed the figure, let it cool under a book if it is
to be flat.
Then remove the tape.
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Here is the completed figure, ironed and nice - and your peg board is as nice, as it was from the beginning.
The same method you can use when you iron a big figure.
It
is difficult to iron the big figures without that the peg boards become deformed.
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