The history of cork is closely related to grape alcohol. When people learned how to make wine, they faced the problem of its storage. The containers into which the alcoholic beverage was poured had to be corked with something. First, planed wooden pieces were used. Of course, they repeated the shape of the necks of the vessels not to the nearest millimeter, and therefore the wine spoiled quickly. However, it was noticed that with airtight clogging, the drink not only retained its taste for longer, but also improved them over time. Plain wood was abandoned in favor of softer. It was easier to plan and fit to the desired size. However, when wet due to the swollen “cap”, the necks of jugs and bottles burst. Corks began to be sealed with resin.
Much later they began to be made from oak bark. Optimal at that time was recognized as a cone shape.It was easy to fit such a cork under different-sized necks and uncorking the bottle was quite easy. Only with the invention of the corkscrew did its shape become cylindrical. The cork itself began to be driven into the neck to the very edge, which provides excellent tightness. It is still made by the cortical method of oak, although cheaper plastic analogues began to appear. Decor from wine corks can look stylish and expensive. From this essentially unnecessary thing, they make toys, trinkets, coasters, frames, pens, decorate vases, chandeliers and caskets with their own hands. There are a lot of options for using traffic jams, let's try to understand their diversity and consider the most popular master classes.
Trinkets, perhaps the simplest thing that can be made from unnecessary wine corks. To get a creative decoration instead of a key holder, it takes about five minutes from the strength. For work you will need:
Anchor bolt with a loop;
Metal ring;
Bung.
A bolt is methodically screwed into the middle of the latter. Then a ring is threaded through the loop. In fact, the keychain is already ready, but you can additionally attach an even smaller bauble to it, glue it on the surface with pieces of fabric, and paint it. In more complex versions, metal plates, beads or buttons are strung on an anchor bolt before screwing.
Some craftswomen use a safety pin instead of a bolt with a similar eyelet on the end. This is not recommended, as it will quickly fall off and may even injure the owner of the key fob. The screwed-in bolt will sit tightly in the plug.
Framework
So original frames are created from wine corks that it is not a shame to present such a thing even as a presentation for a special holiday. For work you will need:
Corks of champagne or wine;
Glue;
Wooden or plywood base.
You can cut the base yourself or buy a cheap, unpretentious frame, which in the future will not be a pity to close with cork splendor. So, for starters, you need to decide which side of the cork will “look” at the guests: the cylindrical side or the bottom round. The second option is used less often. To create an original design of the frame and decorate it with “almost honeycombs”, the cork will have to be cut into 4-5 pieces of the same height. If it lies sideways, then it is enough to simply halve it. Then the base is greased with glue and corks are pressed to it. Their location does not have to be strictly horizontal or vertical. Use the combined options when some traffic jams look in one direction and the other part in the other direction. Variants originally look where they “braid” from the main material, that is, lay it on two diagonals, which are located at right angles to each other. You can complement an almost finished frame with an artificial grape brush, miniature pouches with strings or a tiny straw hat hanging coquettishly at the corner. This craft will be a decoration at home and will fit perfectly into French Provence.
Particularly colorful are the frames in which the cork part is “pressed” into the base. To make such a beauty, you will have to glue on top a thin wooden edging and the central part (PART) under the photo. They should be in front of the cork background, as if with a 3D effect. Such a frame will ideally fit into the interior of the kitchen and will look original on the wall.
Candle holders
There are several ways to make candle holders from corks.For the simplest of them, only glass containers and basic material will be required. Corks just fill the container halfway, and on top of that they install an aroma candle in its own metal stand. This method for the “lazy" lacks grace, so consider another master class:
Take 6-7 corks and glue them on a round base;
It is necessary to take measurements in advance so that the candle accurately fits into the center of the composition;
Additionally, so that the cork part does not fall apart, it is tied with a neat satin ribbon with a flirty bow.
The candlestick is additionally decorated with animal figures, tiny balls, spruce branches (if it will be near the Christmas tree for the new year). Corks can be painted in the desired color.
Toys
From traffic jams create interesting toys. Technician performing work mass. To make a simple man, you can stick tiny hands, legs and neck in certain areas. In some cases, these limbs do not decorate and leave in their original form. So the craft sometimes looks even better. In other embodiments, they can be wrapped with cloth or wrapped with threads of different colors. To make a snake fit even plastic plugs. Each of them will fulfill the role of a separate part in the segmented body of a reptile. Between themselves they are connected with needles, chains and bolts.
To make a giraffe or a deer, you need to stock up with glue or all the same needles / wire. One cork will be the body to which the chopped parts of the other, which act as legs, are attached. Another half will become a muzzle. To give the craft a resemblance to a giraffe, you will need to add a wire neck. Some craftswomen simply draw funny faces on a cow basis, and then bind the body, creating body parts from threads. To make a cork raft, just glue several plugs together and stick a sail with a toothpick mast in the middle.The boat is made from one cork, cut in half. Such a toy ship is excellent in water and can withstand more than one storm in a glass.
Glamorous Vases
Cork vases are made in two main ways:
Stick the material on a glass base;
Carefully connect the cork to each other without a frame.
You can still plant tiny flowers in the “holes” made with a knife in pliable material. Just a couple of traffic jams it is already easy to organize a miniature garden. You can stick the material on glass containers in different ways: at angles, diagonally, combining squares with horizontally and vertically located gags. Each cork is pre-cut in half and glued to the glass base with the flat side. You can supplement the composition with "circles" if the pattern allows it. The main thing is that no gaps are created through which the base will shine through. Gluing the corks together resembles the process of weaving from willow rods. You will have to work long and very carefully, because such vases are usually "translucent" and curved rows will negatively affect the visual perception of the whole composition.
Extravagant Chandelier
Cork chandelier looks fresh and non-trivial on the ceiling of one of the rooms of a hunting lodge or a country cottage. The principle of creating such a decor is simple: numerous corks are strung on a frame basis. In its role can be threads, fishing line, wire, metal rods. Often corks only decorate a chandelier, but in some cases a tiny light bulb is placed inside each of them. Previously, the core of such a miniature cannon is cut with a knife. On the frame of an ordinary chandelier, slender cork rows can hang freely, like crystal "icicles" in retro versions, or they can be stretched together with a filament (wire) base between the frame rings. Here only the fantasy of the craftswoman is used.Bunches of cork-reed "twigs" adorn creative plafonds, which are used in styles that welcome the unusual forms.
Letters and words
Letters with 3D effect are easy to make yourself. They can be made small in size with a palm or huge in almost half human height. Also, the alphabet can be static if it is mounted on a wall, or mobile. In the latter case, the letters will be attached to the portable base. The recipe for such a decor is indecently simple: glue the corks with round bases to the wall, plywood or drywall. Such decoration will be useful for celebrations when you need to display the name of the congratulated. In other cases, the wooden alphabet will decorate the interior, decorated in one of the modern styles. Additionally, the letters are decorated with beads, pieces of fabric, beads, bows, leaves, flowers.
Earrings, necklaces, pendants
Earrings made of this material are round. One cork is enough for two or three pairs of jewelry. Earrings are painted or decorated with small accessories. Fix the cork to the fasteners using a needle with an eyelet or drill holes in them and thread the wire through them. The necklace is made according to the “plug in fantasy” principle. Corks in it can be the main material or just a decorative element. Connect them together with a fishing line. It is attached to a needle, which is passed through each piece of the future necklace. Not “solid” options look beautiful, but jewelry with passes, between which they stretch a ribbon, a strip of beads or a chain. Cork pendants are decorated, placed in a metal frame-frame, decorated with beads, bows, insect figures and metal rings.
Earrings with an empty middle, into which a bead is sized, are originally looked. Also, in rare cases, the decoration is given a rectangular or square shape.The cork is cut in the middle so that the earring is convex and has a relief.
Jewelry Organizer
Organizer for jewelry made from this material is quite easy. Take a piece of plywood of the desired shape and glue the corks from the wine bottles to it. Which side to attach is an individual question. This makeshift stand is framed. Carnations or bolts are attached to the cork base. Earrings, beads, bracelets will be hung on them. This stand can be hung on the wall or a special holder can be attached to it from the back so that it maintains a vertical position on the table. The same craft, but smaller, can be hung in the hallway under the keys.
Pen and Pen Stand
A stationery stand is made in two ways:
Corks are glued onto the cup. The stand will be very voluminous;
Corks are attached to a round / square base, giving them a vertical position.
Products made by both methods look original. Such a stand can be supplemented with a soft “rug” of corks or a holder for notes for notes. It is created using a simple cut, in which paper will be inserted. The bottom of the cork must be crushed to give it stability.
Note board
A note board is created on the same principle as a jewelry stand. The only difference is that they usually try to give it an original form: a heart, a tree, a flower. Photos and reminders are attached to the board using the usual buttons. An original solution will be to place the base in an old frame from the mirror.
A heart-shaped board painted with ombre effect will look simple but luxurious. The bottom of the decor is decorated in dark shades of tones and gradually move to lighter ones. Color gradation looks stylish and original.
Unique mobile phone stand
The mobile stand is made in two main ways:
Corks are glued together and form a “mound” of the correct triangular shape. One of its sides will be a support for the back cover of the phone. To keep the device in the right position at the very bottom, an additional plug is fixed, which protrudes slightly and violates the geometric correctness of the composition.
Three corks fasten together. A deep recess for the telephone is cut out in their surface. About three more plugs are glued to the middle of such a “raft”, but in a horizontal position. The phone underside will go into the groove on the base. The back wall will rely on cork support.
Even luxurious “armchairs” for mobile phones can be made of this material. Additionally, they are wrapped in velvet or leather, but such options will require a lot of time and effort.
Kitchen coasters
From the corks glued together, they make hot coasters that are used in the kitchen. Oak bark does not conduct heat well, so it will protect the sensitive surface of the table from thermal “burns”. Do not use plastic plugs for these purposes. Under the influence of temperature, they will melt and firmly stick to the bottom of the hot pot, simultaneously filling the kitchen with the indescribable aroma of burnt plastic.
New Year's decor
The main subject of New Year's decor in the apartment are Christmas trees. If a central coniferous tree is installed in the hall, then the rest of the rooms may look lonely. Traffic jams will save the situation. They are glued in a chaotic mess on a cardboard cone base. Then the Christmas tree is decorated with a top star, a pair of bead balls and a miniature garland. Tiny spruce twigs are inserted into the corks on the wire. Then they are installed in a bowl with cotton wool, rice or other substance that mimics the snow. A whole spruce alley in the bowl will decorate the windowsill. A green tree on the wall can be made of corks and frame.They are glued to a dense base and placed in a frame of a regular, "spruce" shape. The design is decorated with a garland and hung on the wall. If the corks are strung on a fishing line, then from them you can make a voluminous wreath on the door or wall. It is additionally decorated with bows, rain, tinsel and shiny fittings. Cork deer and snowmen hang on the Christmas tree along with balls, and candle holders made of this material will create an atmosphere of magic on New Year's Eve.
Picture for interior decor
A picture of wine corks is a full-fledged art object, which in some cases is even referred to as high art. You can "draw" with a relief, different colors of the surfaces of the material, a combination of these two options, or paints. For example, on a background of oak “circles” a “dark” tree is glued from whole corks, clusters of which imitate the trunk, and lonely lines - branches. In a simpler version, on a similar background, they simply draw with paints. To give the picture a special flavor, it is not decorated with clear lines, but painted with individual cork "segments" in the manner of mosaics.
Conclusion
From corks you can make floats, heels for shoes, moisture-absorbing rugs in the bathroom, stamps, tags, holders for napkins (cards with names) and even handles for dessert spoons or furniture. Decorating a room from this versatile material will require only a bit of imagination and a minimum of additional details. You can move away from generally accepted recipes and come up with an original decoration yourself. In any case, a large amount of material will be required, and excessive consumption of alcohol is harmful to health, therefore, in the pursuit of creative decor, you should not get too involved in wine parties.
The history of cork is closely related to grape alcohol. When people learned how to make wine, they faced the problem of its storage. The containers into which the alcoholic beverage was poured had to be corked with something. First, planed wooden pieces were used. Of course, they repeated the shape of the necks of the vessels not to the nearest millimeter, and therefore the wine spoiled quickly. However, it was noticed that with airtight clogging, the drink not only retained its taste for longer, but also improved them over time. Plain wood was abandoned in favor of softer. It was easier to plan and fit to the desired size. However, when wet due to the swollen “cap”, the necks of jugs and bottles burst. Corks began to be sealed with resin.
Much later they began to be made from oak bark. Optimal at that time was recognized as a cone shape.It was easy to fit such a cork under different-sized necks and uncorking the bottle was quite easy. Only with the invention of the corkscrew did its shape become cylindrical. The cork itself began to be driven into the neck to the very edge, which provides excellent tightness. It is still made by the cortical method of oak, although cheaper plastic analogues began to appear. Decor from wine corks can look stylish and expensive. From this essentially unnecessary thing, they make toys, trinkets, coasters, frames, pens, decorate vases, chandeliers and caskets with their own hands. There are a lot of options for using traffic jams, let's try to understand their diversity and consider the most popular master classes.
Content
Key rings
Trinkets, perhaps the simplest thing that can be made from unnecessary wine corks. To get a creative decoration instead of a key holder, it takes about five minutes from the strength. For work you will need:
A bolt is methodically screwed into the middle of the latter. Then a ring is threaded through the loop. In fact, the keychain is already ready, but you can additionally attach an even smaller bauble to it, glue it on the surface with pieces of fabric, and paint it. In more complex versions, metal plates, beads or buttons are strung on an anchor bolt before screwing.
Framework
So original frames are created from wine corks that it is not a shame to present such a thing even as a presentation for a special holiday. For work you will need:
You can cut the base yourself or buy a cheap, unpretentious frame, which in the future will not be a pity to close with cork splendor. So, for starters, you need to decide which side of the cork will “look” at the guests: the cylindrical side or the bottom round. The second option is used less often. To create an original design of the frame and decorate it with “almost honeycombs”, the cork will have to be cut into 4-5 pieces of the same height. If it lies sideways, then it is enough to simply halve it. Then the base is greased with glue and corks are pressed to it. Their location does not have to be strictly horizontal or vertical. Use the combined options when some traffic jams look in one direction and the other part in the other direction. Variants originally look where they “braid” from the main material, that is, lay it on two diagonals, which are located at right angles to each other. You can complement an almost finished frame with an artificial grape brush, miniature pouches with strings or a tiny straw hat hanging coquettishly at the corner. This craft will be a decoration at home and will fit perfectly into French Provence.
Candle holders
There are several ways to make candle holders from corks.For the simplest of them, only glass containers and basic material will be required. Corks just fill the container halfway, and on top of that they install an aroma candle in its own metal stand. This method for the “lazy" lacks grace, so consider another master class:
The candlestick is additionally decorated with animal figures, tiny balls, spruce branches (if it will be near the Christmas tree for the new year). Corks can be painted in the desired color.
Toys
From traffic jams create interesting toys. Technician performing work mass. To make a simple man, you can stick tiny hands, legs and neck in certain areas. In some cases, these limbs do not decorate and leave in their original form. So the craft sometimes looks even better. In other embodiments, they can be wrapped with cloth or wrapped with threads of different colors. To make a snake fit even plastic plugs. Each of them will fulfill the role of a separate part in the segmented body of a reptile. Between themselves they are connected with needles, chains and bolts.
To make a giraffe or a deer, you need to stock up with glue or all the same needles / wire. One cork will be the body to which the chopped parts of the other, which act as legs, are attached. Another half will become a muzzle. To give the craft a resemblance to a giraffe, you will need to add a wire neck. Some craftswomen simply draw funny faces on a cow basis, and then bind the body, creating body parts from threads. To make a cork raft, just glue several plugs together and stick a sail with a toothpick mast in the middle.The boat is made from one cork, cut in half. Such a toy ship is excellent in water and can withstand more than one storm in a glass.
Glamorous Vases
Cork vases are made in two main ways:
You can still plant tiny flowers in the “holes” made with a knife in pliable material. Just a couple of traffic jams it is already easy to organize a miniature garden. You can stick the material on glass containers in different ways: at angles, diagonally, combining squares with horizontally and vertically located gags. Each cork is pre-cut in half and glued to the glass base with the flat side. You can supplement the composition with "circles" if the pattern allows it. The main thing is that no gaps are created through which the base will shine through. Gluing the corks together resembles the process of weaving from willow rods. You will have to work long and very carefully, because such vases are usually "translucent" and curved rows will negatively affect the visual perception of the whole composition.
Extravagant Chandelier
Cork chandelier looks fresh and non-trivial on the ceiling of one of the rooms of a hunting lodge or a country cottage. The principle of creating such a decor is simple: numerous corks are strung on a frame basis. In its role can be threads, fishing line, wire, metal rods. Often corks only decorate a chandelier, but in some cases a tiny light bulb is placed inside each of them. Previously, the core of such a miniature cannon is cut with a knife. On the frame of an ordinary chandelier, slender cork rows can hang freely, like crystal "icicles" in retro versions, or they can be stretched together with a filament (wire) base between the frame rings. Here only the fantasy of the craftswoman is used.Bunches of cork-reed "twigs" adorn creative plafonds, which are used in styles that welcome the unusual forms.
Letters and words
Letters with 3D effect are easy to make yourself. They can be made small in size with a palm or huge in almost half human height. Also, the alphabet can be static if it is mounted on a wall, or mobile. In the latter case, the letters will be attached to the portable base. The recipe for such a decor is indecently simple: glue the corks with round bases to the wall, plywood or drywall. Such decoration will be useful for celebrations when you need to display the name of the congratulated. In other cases, the wooden alphabet will decorate the interior, decorated in one of the modern styles. Additionally, the letters are decorated with beads, pieces of fabric, beads, bows, leaves, flowers.
Earrings, necklaces, pendants
Earrings made of this material are round. One cork is enough for two or three pairs of jewelry. Earrings are painted or decorated with small accessories. Fix the cork to the fasteners using a needle with an eyelet or drill holes in them and thread the wire through them. The necklace is made according to the “plug in fantasy” principle. Corks in it can be the main material or just a decorative element. Connect them together with a fishing line. It is attached to a needle, which is passed through each piece of the future necklace. Not “solid” options look beautiful, but jewelry with passes, between which they stretch a ribbon, a strip of beads or a chain. Cork pendants are decorated, placed in a metal frame-frame, decorated with beads, bows, insect figures and metal rings.
Jewelry Organizer
Organizer for jewelry made from this material is quite easy. Take a piece of plywood of the desired shape and glue the corks from the wine bottles to it. Which side to attach is an individual question. This makeshift stand is framed. Carnations or bolts are attached to the cork base. Earrings, beads, bracelets will be hung on them. This stand can be hung on the wall or a special holder can be attached to it from the back so that it maintains a vertical position on the table. The same craft, but smaller, can be hung in the hallway under the keys.
Pen and Pen Stand
A stationery stand is made in two ways:
Products made by both methods look original. Such a stand can be supplemented with a soft “rug” of corks or a holder for notes for notes. It is created using a simple cut, in which paper will be inserted. The bottom of the cork must be crushed to give it stability.
Note board
A note board is created on the same principle as a jewelry stand. The only difference is that they usually try to give it an original form: a heart, a tree, a flower. Photos and reminders are attached to the board using the usual buttons. An original solution will be to place the base in an old frame from the mirror.
Unique mobile phone stand
The mobile stand is made in two main ways:
Even luxurious “armchairs” for mobile phones can be made of this material. Additionally, they are wrapped in velvet or leather, but such options will require a lot of time and effort.
Kitchen coasters
From the corks glued together, they make hot coasters that are used in the kitchen. Oak bark does not conduct heat well, so it will protect the sensitive surface of the table from thermal “burns”. Do not use plastic plugs for these purposes. Under the influence of temperature, they will melt and firmly stick to the bottom of the hot pot, simultaneously filling the kitchen with the indescribable aroma of burnt plastic.
New Year's decor
The main subject of New Year's decor in the apartment are Christmas trees. If a central coniferous tree is installed in the hall, then the rest of the rooms may look lonely. Traffic jams will save the situation. They are glued in a chaotic mess on a cardboard cone base. Then the Christmas tree is decorated with a top star, a pair of bead balls and a miniature garland. Tiny spruce twigs are inserted into the corks on the wire. Then they are installed in a bowl with cotton wool, rice or other substance that mimics the snow. A whole spruce alley in the bowl will decorate the windowsill. A green tree on the wall can be made of corks and frame.They are glued to a dense base and placed in a frame of a regular, "spruce" shape. The design is decorated with a garland and hung on the wall. If the corks are strung on a fishing line, then from them you can make a voluminous wreath on the door or wall. It is additionally decorated with bows, rain, tinsel and shiny fittings. Cork deer and snowmen hang on the Christmas tree along with balls, and candle holders made of this material will create an atmosphere of magic on New Year's Eve.
Picture for interior decor
A picture of wine corks is a full-fledged art object, which in some cases is even referred to as high art. You can "draw" with a relief, different colors of the surfaces of the material, a combination of these two options, or paints. For example, on a background of oak “circles” a “dark” tree is glued from whole corks, clusters of which imitate the trunk, and lonely lines - branches. In a simpler version, on a similar background, they simply draw with paints. To give the picture a special flavor, it is not decorated with clear lines, but painted with individual cork "segments" in the manner of mosaics.
Conclusion
From corks you can make floats, heels for shoes, moisture-absorbing rugs in the bathroom, stamps, tags, holders for napkins (cards with names) and even handles for dessert spoons or furniture. Decorating a room from this versatile material will require only a bit of imagination and a minimum of additional details. You can move away from generally accepted recipes and come up with an original decoration yourself. In any case, a large amount of material will be required, and excessive consumption of alcohol is harmful to health, therefore, in the pursuit of creative decor, you should not get too involved in wine parties.