Handicraft lovers have long appreciated how beautiful space in a jar is, how to do it - they figured it out - and willingly decorate not only apartments and offices, but also themselves with man-made galaxies. Small bottles with space are given to loved ones as souvenirs, worn as pendants, clinging to keys like key chains - but you never know what a person with imagination can come up with!
What will be needed
Nothing complicated or expensive is required to create a miniature galaxy. Everything you need is purchased at the nearest supermarket and pharmacy.
- Glass container. Its dimensions depend on how you intend to use your craft. But the main condition is a well-closing lid. Small bubbles are closed with cork plugs, planted on glue.
- Water - it will depict nebulae in your space.
- Dye. Food is most often taken as it, but it has been experimentally established that over time it changes color. More reliable results give acrylicpaint or gouache.
- Glycerin is the creator of viscosity. The component is not mandatory, since it is possible to make space in a jar without glycerin, but its effectiveness will be lower (mysterious stains will not hold), and its substitute - water - will go bad over time, and the craft will have to be thrown away.
- Glitter to replace the stars. Sold in any store specializing in needlework.
Note that you can also do without dye if you take colored sparkles, but the space will turn out faded and unconvincing.
Personal Milky Way
Let's go directly to how to make space in a jar. The step by step process will look like this.
- A piece of cotton is torn off according to the size of the vessel and twisted into a fluffy flagellum.
- Glitter is mixed in glycerin. If the container is large, you can add some water to save.
- Dye is stirred into the liquid. The more it is, the thicker the color of the cosmos will be. Traditionally, blue or purple color is taken, but you can play with other shades.
- The bowl is filled with cotton - not too tight so that it fills the volume, but not rammed.
- The bottle is filled with the mixture and shaken.
If you want space to please you for a long time, the lid must be sealed hermetically.
Little secrets
So you tried it and you got a mysterious cosmos in a jar. How to make it even more mysterious and brighter? The process itself can be improved. In-First, do not pour glitter into a vessel, but roll a wet cotton wool in them before placing it inside. The location of the "stars" will become more natural, and they will not stick to the walls. Secondly, space can be made multi-layered: take two scraps of cotton wool and paint them separately in different colors. Thirdly, a variety of fillers gives an interesting effect. For example, sparkles can be supplemented with glass beads - oblong beads used in needlework.
Now about how you are going to use your space in the bank. How to make the craft itself, we have already told, but what's next? If you have chosen a very small bottle and intend to wear it as a pendant, make sure that the cork is glued tightly and aesthetically designed: an unfinished neck spoils the look. Alternatively, wrap it with a silver ribbon.
If your space is a stationary element of the interior, do not add glycerin to the top, otherwise, when expanding in the heat, it will break the container.
Space in a jar: how to make an original night light
The galactic lamp looks very original, while giving an unobtrusive, subdued light. For him, in the manner described above, space is made in a jar, preferably in a bizarre shape. The lid is securely glued on. Take two cork coasters for hot dishes; in one, a hole is cut to fit the neck of the vessel, after which the elements are glued together. In the center of the resulting base, LEDs with wires are installed, connected to a battery and a switch. Stand is painted withsequins or varnished, and an inverted jar is fixed into the hole with glue. The night light is ready to use!
