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THE BROOM
Supplies Needed:
Long branch from your home vacenity (length is your
choice) as straight as possible but some twist & turns will make your broom
really pretty!
Sand Paper
very, very thin, long, stiff, twigs (how meny
depends on how thick you want your broom)
Wraping material (can be leather
strips, hemp, twinning, ect..)enough to wrap around broom several
times
Goop
Clear seal or ployurethane (spray or liquid)
Spray sealer
such as Clear Seal or Polyurethane,(optional)
Decorations Can be anything,
use your imagination. You can use feathers, roping, stones, whatever you come up
with! (optional)
PROCEDURE:
1) If you have cut you stick from a living tree, be sure to
tell the tree why you need it and thank the tree. Also give an offering,
fertilizer is great for this. You will also have to let your stick dry well
before you can continue. If you have found your stick already broken from the
tree and on the ground, it is probably already dried out.
2) Sand the stick
really well! this is an absolute must!
3) Spray or paint the clear seal or
polyurethane, covering the entire stick well. Let dry 24 hours
4) Gather your
thin twigs in your hand, making them nice and neat, try to have them meet
together at the top. when it gets too big for your hand, lay it on your work
area, and continue putting them together.
5) Now...slide one end of your
stick, into the middle of your bunch of twigs...carefully and then strighten any
that got out of place. Try to keep it straight at the top where the stick goes
into the twigs
6) Take the wraping you have chosen, and wrap around the twigs
(with the stick in the middle) about 2 inches down from where the two meet. Pull
it really tight, and secure by puting the loose end under one of the pieces
wraped around.
7) Squirt some of the Goop down the into the twigs, where the
stick goes into them, a little bit at a time because this stuff can be messy!!
You may have to use a popsickle stick or something to help get it down in there.
Let this dry over night (24 hours)
8) Spray the twigs really well with the
Clear Seal or polyurethane. Spray the outsides well all the way around and
inside as much as possible from the end of the broom. make sure you get in all
the little nooks and crannies. Let dry over night. (this step is optional. I
always do this because it holds it together well and keeps it from "sheding"
little pieces of stuff everywhere)
9) Now you can decorate your broom. Go to
a fabric shop and look around. I really like the roping. It looks like rope, but
it's flat on one side for sewing onto material. I like to wrap this over the
wraping used to secure the twigs to the stick. I have also used hair that I have
cut from underneith my hair, braided it, and used it over the wraping. I then
sprayed it well with Clear Seal. (I also have made ear rings this way, beaded at
the bottom)
NOTE: I sometimes combine steps # 7 & 8, just depends on how
messy it is getting.
Your broom is
finished!
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