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Fox's Birch

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Here's the second ever sculpture I've made. 


It's made entirely out of wire, tissue paper, seed beads, modge-podge and paint. 


I sculpted the tree out of wire I found lying around in my art room at school, and then coated it with tissue paper to hide the look of the wire. I then enhanced the white of the tree with paint, painted the marks, and then glued on green seed beads as spring leaf buds. 
There are two birds on there. The one on the left is a bluebird, and the one on the right is a white-crested long-tailed tit. (they're adorable. look them up)
They're made entire out of tissue paper rolled into the proper shapes, and then coated with modge-podge to keep their shape. Then, I painted them. They're about the size of Lincoln's head on a penny. 

The little grey lump is supposed to be a wasp's nest, and is made out of balled-up polyfill coasted in modge-podge to make it stay, and then shaped and glued onto the branch

The fox, was made out of a three-piece wire armature than can stand freely on it's own (which was entirely unintentional)
I then, over a process that lasted several days, layers on tissue paper and modge-podge to fatten him up and create the correct proportions and body size. I then coasted him with another layer of modge-podge and then sprinkled on bits of poly-fill to create the texture. I sealed it with a layer of modge-podge, sanded the pokey bits when it dried, and then painted him. 

The base is a very thick and almost wood-like circle of cardboard. The surface was coated in modge-podge, sprinkled with bits of poly-fill, coated again, and then painted with various shades of green. 

I then glued the tree and the fox to the base. 

If removed, both the tree and the fox can stand freely. 


I did this over the course of a little more than a month, and I am incredibly proud. 
I would post images of my first tree sculpture, but it looks pathetic compared to this one. 




I really enjoyed doing this, and I plan on making many more c: 

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Oh I love it!

The tree is so great, I love how you arranged the branches. And the little fox is so cute!

Do more sculptures! Plz.