I myself have had a go at making some wall art from my toilet rolls (it's surprising how fast toilet paper gets used up in a flat of 10 girls!), by cutting the roll into strips to form smaller circles and sticking them together with magic tape to form a flower shape. You can comfortably get one flower out of each toilet roll, or if you cut the strips thinner then probably two. Here is my creation so far....
The trouble is, once you get started making these it is mildly addictive as they are so easy and quick to make. These are still quite plain, so when I get the time I think I will either paint or decoupage over them to make them pretty!
There are a few artists also finding the toilet roll quite an inspirational media to work with. Junior Fritz Jacquet makes fantastically humorous little faces (or masks) from folding and crumpling the roll. In this way he can create all sorts of expressions which, once finished, are coated with shellac and different pigments.
Anastassia Elias makes beautiful little silhouette cut outs in the middle of the toilet roll tube; what is amazing is the intricacy of her scenes, all of which are cut out without disturbing the outside of the roll.
Yuken Teruya also turns the toilet roll into a magical artwork by cutting highly delicate tree shapes into the tube. They are then hung as installations and provide a negative and positive view of the tree. Imagine a whole bunch of them together creating a cardboard forest!
When lit up, the shadows cast on the walls are also really lovely.
Here are a few other ideas for your left over rolls...
Have a play, see what you can come up with!!!
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Edit to add: As requested there is now a full photo tutorial of the toilet roll flowers! Click here to have a look and get started.
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