Decidedly dodgy dice
1) Four flavours of dice, all decidedly dodgy!
2) Spelling it out…
3) Roman style…
4) Dots and stripes…
5) Sweet tooth…
6) Even building blocks!
I’m really enjoying ‘wonkiness’ at the moment. I think it’s a reaction to having so many Apple products in my life – an iPhone, an iPad, a MacBook Pro – they are all exquisitely designed, even beautiful, my only criticism is that they are almost too perfect. Instead, I’ve found myself beginning to rejoice in flaws and anomalies – I was even recently heard saying that it was OK that my kids had drawn on the dining room table because it gave it the ‘worn look’!
Now, of course, there’s a fine line between what’s rustic, and what’s bad workmanship, so I hope I’ve got the balance right with these ‘dodgy dice’. They were all created without rulers, and therefore have lots of gaps and cracks, they are even assembled crudely using sticky tape. The idea came from having to quickly make a dice for my son, so we could play a board game – I used the same technique described below, and found the finished result to be quite charming.
If you’d like to use one of my designs feel free to download the artwork from the link below. Go on, embrace ‘wonkiness’!
Includes:
1) Colour versions of artwork – just start folding
2) Collectable instructions – print them out & put them on the fridge
I thought it might be fun to gauge your love of a little wonkiness with this simple poll. Let me know which way you swing, perfect or wonky, and I’ll dedicate a project to the winning category.
Scott; I love your website and that it appears to be random ( like a unexpected gift) when you post your ideas, fantastic! I would like to say thanks for sharing. It is refreshing to see more guy oriented projects to do with the kiddies. Fun projects for Dad to do with the kiddies, lets fact it he is not going to teach them the finer points of sewing, but he sure would love to build a coat hanger marble run! My daughter was glued to the screen as I surfed your site.I look forward to visiting often.
Thank you Mom of 2 monkeys! I take a lot of encouragement from your comment – if I can inspire kids (or a Dad) to have fun making things, my mission has been accomplished! Scott:)
Ooh, I’m bothered that I can’t choose between whimsically wonky and pleasingly perfect! Thank you for the downloads, they’re perfect, and I’m sure I’ll construct them wonkily.
Ha ha – nicely written! Scott:)
I would love to say I voted for wonky but sadly I find it easier to do perfect. I wish it wasn’t true cos perfect can be pretty boring. I love your site btw!!!
Ha ha, I understand that struggle very well, one half of me wants to make things perfect, the other half wants to keep things loose and less polished. I’m just enjoying ‘wonky’ a bit more at the moment! Scott
Hi Scott
Often have I felt the same way about the neatness of computer graphics – altho the computer is endlessly useful as an art tool I also love the old sign writing and posters that were drawn by hand with the wonky lines and rough bits and creative solutions to mistakes! There is something beautiful about errors!
Thank you for your creative space!
cheers,Nancy
Hi Nancy, Yes, I agree, I love using my computer, but it can sanitise things – that’s probably why I like the craft movement so much, it’s the complete opposite, it revels in imperfection. Thanks for your comment. Scott
Luv to great artwork to the most dodgiest degree. Hurray for the endeavor of creativity and not the focus of perfection. Definitely needs to be celebrated! …or should I say cecelbeated?
Delightful!! And I just subscribed to your site yesterday. I looked in my email and saw that you had posted and I was shocked that I had such luck! Thanks for your posts . . . truly inspirational!
Hi Jennifer, Thanks for subscribing and thanks for the encouragement. Hopefully you’ll enjoy my future posts, I’ll try my best to make them interesting! Scott:)
These are utterly charming, Scott! All dice should be made with creative renditions of numbers instead of those prosaic dots.
Thanks Diane, yes, you’ve got a good point – I did notice, when looking for other dice examples, how few were decorated in anything other than dots. Hopefully this will be a start in adding a bit of variation to google images ‘dice craft’ search! Scott:)
sweet! I am so sharing this with my friends!
Thank you so much Becky! Scott
Great one Scott, as always!…You just practice the saying that “Innovation in thinking is not enough, try creating things with your hands”, and inspire us all to follow your path.
I second that, I really do hope that more people will have a go at making things. It’s fun, rewarding, and as this post hopefully shows, you can get great results even when things aren’t perfect. Scott:)
Very nice. Truly creative and innovative. Loved the site
Thanks Rovina, I hope you’ll visit again (have you considered subscribing!). Scott:)