Mobile Art: Make your home a magical place with these 35 beautiful hanging decorations

by Clare Youngs

Thirty-five inspiring and simple mobiles to make for the home, and as gifts.

Follow Clare Youngs’ instructions to make your home a magical place, with these fluttering, softly spinning works of art. Whether you hang them in your window or from the ceiling, these mobiles add a charming, colorful touch to your interiors. There are bronzed paper leaves to hang in the fall, a delicate floral filigree mobile, and a cute elephant mobile for a child's bedroom. The designs use a variety of crafting techniques—from sewing to origami and macramé—and each project comes with easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step artworks. There’s also a helpful techniques section at the back that will be of real use to first-time crafters, handy time-saving tips that more confident crafters will appreciate, and a templates section.

Genres: Crafts

144 pages, Paperback

Published April 9, 2015

Reviews

[Marilyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good photography and directions. Some new ideas. One I made as paper artwork. To as mo ile. I especially liked the mobiles using colour not figurative shapes.

[Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really cute and accessible ideas for ceiling art!