Bird
Peacock’s are well known for their fantastic plumage and for proudly strutting their stuff, they’re also an immense source of inspiration for a huge number of people; as you’ll discover if you type ‘peacock art’ into google and look through the image results. It’s easy to see why they should act on the imagination and [...]
Following Jolene’s last post I couldn’t resist the post title, nor – I’m afraid – could I resist including a little musical flashback to my youth … I’ll leave that till the end though! As Jolene said in her post I have been making more bonnie birds and taking her through the process at the [...]
Alasdair has been guiding me through the process of making one of his Bonnie Birds…it’s not a process I will be repeating in the near future! First you have to make the armature, which is quick and easy enough. Then comes the mache, which refuses to stick to the armature. Alasdair’s most helpful advice was [...]
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A few weeks ago we had a spring clean of our supplies and I came across some really nice pieces of denim fabric that I was going to use for pocket pillow backs (and I still might) but I had an overwhelming urge to make denim fabric finches. The first was sewn up before I [...]
I’m not sure if this is an abstraction of the commoner garden blackbird or what happens when bonnie birds start listening to goth music!? Whatever it is I’m rather pleased with the colour combo, I may even go so far as to describe it as being a bit chic … but, to be honest, I’m [...]
Having made a few batches of previous bonnie birds and developed a decorative pattern that I think works for them – see previous posts here – I’ve been keen to develop alternative patterns, something as it turns out is easier said than done. Here are a few examples of what I’ve come up with thus [...]
Maybe it’s been the first rays of spring-time sun but I was compelled to decorate the latest couple of Bonnie Birds in vibrant yellows and reds. I decided to stick with the simple design for these birds although I’m mulling over a variety of options for future generations of the Bonnie Birds … actually I’d [...]
Hitchcock’s, The Birds, was one of my favourite films as I grew up, the eerie notion that birds of all shapes and sizes should be overcome with an insatiable lust for human flesh, attacking young and old alike without provocation and otherwise simply sitting and waiting on some playground climbing frame for their next unsuspecting [...]
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It’s funny how an idea can sprout wings and take-off (dreadful pun entirely intended), such as it has been with these bonnie birds. It’s rather refreshing to have something I can make out of papier mache that doesn’t take forever and a day and that isn’t a bowl! Aside from this pair I’m hatching three [...]
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I made some more little owls for a commission (actually for an old school friend of mine). These are made from ecospun felt. I found that wool felt is too thick and it made them a funny shape – it’s probably just me, but it does feel good to make something nice from all those [...]
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