Friday 2 March 2012

Many images

I started sewing these up last night, from the pattern I drew. Finished them in the studio before I evacuated the premises due to cold, and a fly. There's always a big, black fly in the studio, buzzing around clumsily and almost butting into me. I detest big, black flies like I detest most other insects. The only insects I tolerate are butterflies and ladybirds, but even then, I wouldn't want one on me.


The kingfisher puppet is nearing completion. His legs are a bit chunkier than I would have liked:


The feather detailing makes it look a bit like a parrot...


Neil, the animation department's technician, helpfully carved and sanded the kingfisher's head from some balsa wood for me. Isn't it so luxuriously smooth and beautiful? A tiny, naked baby could slide down it and not get a splinter!






It also has a lower mandible (which will be fixed on later):



Spent the past few hours sewing the pattern into the underside of the wing, and then sewing the pieces of the underside and outer side together:



Wings turned inside out:


4 comments:

  1. The bird looks lovely! i love the feather detail...

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  2. I'd love to see the finished result. I'm looking for a way to buy or make a kingfisher puppet to help promote my new book series Myra and the Magic Motorcycle, www.myrabooks.com

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    1. Hi Amanda,

      Sorry to get back to you kind of late! I just posted a picture of the finished puppet here -

      http://slowrisinglifeform.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/finished-kingfisher-puppet.html

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