Chess: Crafting Project - Part II, the board

[eller]

The making of a chessboard! :)

These figures still needed a board... I'm working on it. It's easy. Just slow, because I'm doing it entirely in my work breaks. Fortunately the task is mindless enough that it actually helps me relax!

I really decided on cream and wine red paper. And thank all the listening deities for those paper punch thingies! (I bought them in several sizes because it's already obvious this is not going to be my last selfmade board. There are so many travel sets to be saved!)



That made it easy and fast to obtain 64 little squares. Before I glued them together, though, I had to add ferro foil for the magnets to stick on.



Because my board is 30x30 cm, the foil was a bit small and I had to use two pieces. No problem, though: its handling was easy and unproblematic. And then all I had to do was glue it all together.



For the border, I used grey paper that I'm going to offset with black boundary lines. So, the board not quite finished yet - it still needs protective varnish as well, and I also want to add little letters and numbers - but it already looks like a chessboard! YAY!!!

Comments

[yhlee]

Oh wow, that's fabulous!!! =D

[eller]

And so much fun!!! :D I'm just waiting for the glue to dry completely before I proceed.

Waiiiit. What size was a square of your travel board, again? XD

[yhlee]

=D One side is either 2.6 or 2.7 cm, hard to tell with my terrible ruler. XD I assume it's some kind of standard size but it's from China so who knows??

[eller]

That is a standard size, indeed! :D YAY! Now that international mail works again, I think I will my abuse my horrible crafting skills to make an experimental board for you. (Sorry - I need to do something with my hands, and it turns out chessboards are easy. I just need a victim.) In a size that you won't need extra pieces for. XDDD

[yhlee]

You are too kind! You realize this calls for retaliation of some kind ;) although God knows I don't have that particular kind of crafting skill. *ponders possibilities*

[eller]

Ehhhh - don't worry! You don't have to retaliate for experimental craft stuff! I'm not even good at it! (Besides: with these punch-out thingies, it's less work than you'd think.)

[castiron]

Looks great!

[eller]

Thank you! :)

[franklanguage]

Looks great!

[eller]

Thanks! :)

[wayfaringwordhack]

YES! and hallelujah for square paper punches! I was horrified at the thought of you having to cut all those perfect angles every time. :P

It is looking great. :D

[eller]

Thank you! :D I could, theoretically, have done this with scissors - I have some papercut experience. But punches are much easier! XD