How to make conversations

I am a little ahead of myself here for the ALaW project so I thought I would share a how to with you.  If you haven't been exposed to these as a child then here is how to make a conversation ... a little talking piece.  Read on!

Decorate your paper

On the black side, fold your corners into the middle

Turn over as shown here

Fold in half using a bone folder or an agate burnisher as I am using here

Turn 90 degrees and fold in half again

Al ways making sure your folds are crisp and absolutely accurate to the 1/2 mm

Fold all the corners back in to the middle so that the decorative side now comes to the front as shown

Turn over and you should have the remaining decorative side

Now we are going to get tiny and tricky!

Fold all the corners into the middle as shown

Burnish well trying not to take any of the decorative media off the surface

This is what it should look like folded in

Now ... getting trickier

Fold the work in half

Open this then fold the other side in half

Ah ... here is a little tricky bit

try to slip your fingers into the little square sections on the corners

Open and close in each direction as required

These little conversations can hold wishes, secrets or dreams ... enjoy!

Any questions please ask.