I designed this bracelet with my friend Greta when we were still studying in 2009. Our label was called Hemming & Willström and we had a few other products also made from cassette tape.
Check also the making-of pictures!
Check also the making-of pictures!
Here are instructions how to make a cassette bracelet
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| Our cool friend Miro modeled for us |
Materials:
Cassette with screws
Hinge 2,5cm
Zipper 6cm
Two pieces of felt, size 6cm x 10cm
- Open cassette with screwdriwer and remove the pieces inside. Remember that you need the screws!
- Smooth the edges inside the cassette covers.
- Bend the covers in hot water.
- Make holes for the hinge to the cassette covers.
- Attach the hinge to the covers with instant glue.
- Attach the zipper to the sides of cassette also with instant glue.
- Cut the pieces of felt to the form of bended covers.
- Put the pieces of felt inside the cassette and glue them.
- Glue the screws back to their places.
- Put the bracelet on and get jiggy with it!
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| Cassette Bracelet |
Materiaalit:
C-kasetti ruuveilla
Sarana 2,5cm
Aukeava vetoketju 6cm
Huopaa 2 palaa, kooltaan 6cm x 10cm
- Avaa kasetti ja poista sisällä olevat osat. Muista säilyttää ruuvit!
- Hio kasetin sisäosat tasaisiksi.
- Taivuta kasetin puolikkaat kaareviksi kuumassa vedessä.
- Poraa reiät saranoille kasetinpuolikkaiden reunoihin.
- Kiinnitä sarana pikaliimalla.
- Liimaa vetoketju kasetin reunoihin (lyhennä vetoketjua tarvittaessa).
- Leikkaa huovat taivutettujen kasetin puolikkaiden muotoisiksi.
- Kiinnitä huovat pikaliimalla kasetin puolikkaiden sisäpintaan.
- Liimaa ruuvit takaisin paikoilleen.
- Laita ranneke käteen ja baanalle!
And here is one of our other products made from the tape inside the cassette tape.
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| Groovy Night-purse |
Check my other DIYs too!
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ReplyDeleteKiitos! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is very cool, finally something to do with cassettes :)
ReplyDeleteHey, I'm glad you like it! :)
DeleteI love things made with tapes, this is a great new look!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! :)
DeleteFantastic idea!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your support! :)
DeleteThat's fabulous-I'd really like to know how you made the groovy night purse out of the tape!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Lorna! We had an industrial weaving machine at school which we used to make the fabric. (But I think that normal weaving loom can be used also to make the fabric.) Then I attached the fabric to metal frame with hand stitches. I still have few pieces of the fabric, maybe I could make a DIY from this purse too. :)
DeleteHow did u bend the tapes in water and how long is that process??
ReplyDeleteHey Raynia!
DeleteWe put a tin can in VERY hot water and pressed the cassette against it. The time we spent with one cassette was approximately 5 to 10 minutes.
We found out that there is a difference between cassettes. From one thrift store we found a bunch of cassettes which probably were all made of exactly same materials, so those cassettes bent well and some other cassettes didn't.
I hope this helps! Feel free to ask more if you need more info! :)