How To Make A Chinese Roof With Paper

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How to make a chinese roof with paper.

Scale your grid to the sizing of your boxes. Step 1 1 start by building a foundation for your house. Replace the corners with full blocks step 2 2 place 3 oak wood logs on top of each log in the foundation. Paper and printing were among the most important chinese inventions and changed the world.

Paper was invented around 100 ce during the han dynasty when the national civil service was set up. In roofing and applying felt paper there is always extra left over. The first paper was made from rags but later plant materials were used such as bark hemp and bamboo. There were various roof styles with functional features a hierarchy of designs and exquisite details.

For blue or grey use a black marker. Asked by ski october 20 2019. 3 features of chinese roof architecture 1. Place a ring of oak wood planks around the outside of the rectangle.

When you pick up your paper yo yo it will unravel some not to worry this is to be expected. Attach rice or washi paper to the back side of three of your frames using rice glue or the wood glue you have already been using. Make sure that the paper lays reasonably flat then glue the other three frames to the back side of these frames sandwiching the rice paper between them. You will need just under 1 2 of a roll.

Whats the size of a roll. How many square feet per roll asked by step november 9 2019. Good luck on your project. For wine red or terracotta paper use a brown marker.

Ancient chinese architecture was designed to be attractive especially the distinctive roofs. Place a ring of oak wood slabs around the outside. These pillars will form the basics of the walls step 3 3 place three oak fence. Draw a wavy lines in one direction and straight lines perpendicularly to make a grid pattern.

Hold pasted parts together with paper clips until dry. Place a 3x4 rectangle of oak logs. Paste together to form roof as indicated. Traditional chinese roofs had different forms at different stages of history.

Cut out roof section from sheet 5. There should be a three block gap between each log. The paper yo yo will not work if the paper is wrapped tightly. 1 lay the dowel on the paper where you just placed the glue 2 roll the stick and paper until there is no more paper.

Use a contrasting marker with stiff card paper to draw a roof tile pattern.