The melodic chime of glass, bamboo sticks or clay bells pacifies and creates a special atmosphere. It is appropriate at a beach party, a romantic date in a snowy cafe, a summer picnic. Wind music is the best name for this magical artifact. Indeed, it is precisely the gusts of air that play the main batch in the process. Our task is only to create a musical instrument. Yes, we will make wind music with our own hands! We will have patience, the necessary material, enlist the help of homework and proceed. But first, let's figure it out in order.
What can be useful to us?
To make the music of the wind with your own hands, you will need some instrument. In some cases, you can not do without a drill and a jigsaw, and sometimes there are enough scissors. The more complex your idea, the more efforts will have to be made to implement it. Do not skimp on good fittings, do not be lazy to do everything efficiently. Then even from a handful of chestnuts and acorns you will get a wonderful stylish accessory for your home.
In most cases, the following tools and materials will not be redundant:
- pliers;
- scissors;
- wire of different thickness;
- fishing line;
- hook screws;
- paints, brushes, sponges;
- masking tape;
- sandpaper.
And we also need such decorative elements:
- foam balls ;
- glass beads;
- small buttons;
- metal pendants for jewelry;
- decorative bells.
You can shorten and expand both of these lists as you wish. It all depends on the idea that you intend to bring to life.
The foundation
Think about what you will attach the ringing elements to. For these purposes, you can use anything from a kitchen colander to sticks found in the forest. You may need the following details, which, most likely, you won’t even have to buy:
- Embroidery hoop.
- Openwork plastic dishes.
- Wicker baskets and plates.
- The skeletons of old lampshades.
- Bamboo skewers for barbecue.
- Natural material: driftwood, branches connected in a ring of willow twigs.
- Photo frames.
- Lattices from a double boiler and dryer.
- Knitting needles from old umbrellas.
In the latter case, of course, the accessory will be just huge! But sometimes you need just that. It can decorate a beach night restaurant or a gazebo in the garden.
Singing bamboo
Bamboo is a grateful material that can be easily processed and has a high decorative effect. Even untreated sticks, cut into pieces of different sizes and suspended from the base using ordinary twine, look very impressive. And they sing no less cool. Indeed, inside they are hollow - wind flows easily penetrate into them, as if in whistles.
From the bamboo stems, great bells are made. They can be decorated in a variety of styles: ethno, eco, boho. Add a few wooden beads, cones, yellow leaves covered with epoxy resin - and you will get a very stylish mood accessory for warm September evenings on the veranda. Such autumn wind music sounds and looks unusual, brings pleasant thoughts. You can also make a bright summer accessory from bamboo tubes. Just paint the stems in random order with acrylic paints. Drill holes in the base of the tubes, thread a fishing line through them and attach it to the base.
Presented by the sea
The gentle sea is an excellent abrasive. It plays with stones, glass and pieces of wood, grinding them no worse than special equipment. Therefore, the trinkets found on the shore sometimes look simply incredible. A smooth piece of wood and some glass can be the basis for a wonderful musical bell. The wood can be varnished or soaked with linseed oil, painted with white paint or painted with bright colors.
If you have the opportunity, the necessary tool, the appropriate skills or an assistant with all of this, drill holes in the glass. They look neat and stylish. But if this task is not feasible, do not despair! Just wrap the glass with wires and make loops on them. Attach the fishing line and attach to the base. To make wind music with your own hands, you can use wire and glass of the same color or different. Do not forget about the combination of colors.
Voices of shells
The mollusk shells make pleasant sounds when they touch each other. In addition, crafts from improvised materials donated by the sea are very beautiful. The voice of such a bell will remind you of a wonderful vacation on the seashore. Of course, the most valuable will be an accessory made from hand-assembled shells. Take care of this while walking along the beach, then after returning you can please loved ones with a nice gift. You can make such an accessory in memory of a honeymoon, an excursion to a distant country or the baby’s first trip to the sea.
Second life of bottles
Before you make wind music from glass parts, think carefully about whether you can afford it. Most likely, a strong man’s hand is indispensable. You can cut the necessary part from the bottle in different ways. The most common of them is based on a temperature difference, which for glass will be simply overwhelming, so it will inevitably cause a crack. What do you need to do? Moisten a strong rope in the solvent, wrap it tightly around the bottle where the cut is needed. Set it on fire and let it flare up. It will burn for a few seconds, after which the bottle will need to be thrown into ice water. The capacity will burst along the winding line.
You can cut off part of the bottle with a glass cutter. To make the line smooth, put a metal pipe clamp on the container and tighten it tightly. Cut with a glass cutter, pressing firmly. If necessary, the edge can be sanded. The voice of the wind from the glass components sounds rather loud and loud. Show your imagination. For example, it can be created from the attributes of a memorable evening: bottles of wine and accessories that were used when laying the table.
Boring wood
Crafts from improvised materials collected in the garden or in the forest can be made with children. Even kids will be interested in painting sticks with paints. Both the base and the ringing elements can be made from sticks. If you are lucky to get a colorful snag, be sure to figure out how to apply it. Hang the sticks on a fishing line, twine, shoelaces, knitted ropes or metal chains.
In the style of the tropics
Doing wind music with your own hands, do not be afraid to add bright colors. Ethnic masks in the style of Aboriginal culture can create a summer mood. They can be made of baked or self-hardening plastic, clay, cardboard. To make the voice of the wind sound, place bells inside the masks. For decor, use pieces of bright fur, bells, buttons, feathers. Accessories for creating jewelry can be useful.
Bells
The voice of the wind was invented in the Middle Kingdom, and from there the accessory spread throughout the world. A pretty bauble with an unobtrusive chime appealed to so many. Chinese bells not only delight the eye and hearing, but also harmonize energy. They drive away evil spirits and fill the space with good.
You can make such an accessory in oriental style from purchased calls. And if you have the skills to work with clay, plastic or glass, then even the bells themselves can be made independently. They must be placed in a spiral, next to or in a circle. When fastening the threads on the base, make sure that the bells touch each other in motion. Then the accessory will delight you with wonderful music.
Characters for inspiration
What creatures does wind music associate with? Bird, dolphin, butterfly - this is the first thing that comes to mind. It is not surprising that these characters are the most common for decoration. You can place on the bells and someone else: an elf, a dragonfly, a snail, an angel. The main thing is that all the elements of the suspension should be in the same style.