I made a new bird.
The process has been somewhat arduous and there have been many poor deformed creatures along the way. It’s taken me such a long time of thinking before I finally plucked up the courage to create a new design. It seems so silly now but I was so pleased with the original bird design (for the fabric finches) that I was scared I wouldn’t be able to produce anything even approaching the quality and that would be a waste of my limited time and materials.
I finally arrived at a flying bird that I am reasonably happy with. It’s supposed to be a goose but the kids think it looks like a seagull. I’m pleased that it even looks like a bird at all!
I’m thinking about making a mobile with a whole flock of them. I think that would be cool. I say thinking but there’s always a huge gap between thinking and doing so please don’t hold your breath.
Meanwhile, Alasdair has been busy and has been making some very funky paper and wire birds; more on those when they’re finished but in the meantime a picture of them drying following the first coat of paper.
Tags: bird, craft, handmade, mache, mash, ornament, paper, papier, sculpture, sewing
