This is personally my favorite piece that I've created in this class. Inspired by Diana Beltran Herra's realistic paper bird sculptures, I tried to recreate my own version using free materials from around the classroom. This whole process took over a month because this piece requires a lot of detail and patience to do.
I started out by carving out a bird shaped body out of Styrofoam (which cab make a big mess by the way so be careful when doing that). After that. I picked out the colors for the feathers. You can use whatever colors you want but I picked blue, peach, and black. To make the wing, I cut two pieces of paper to make A winged shape, using and exacto knife.
I used basic school glue to stick the wing base to the sides of the bird. After letting the glue sit for a few minutes, I started cutting feather shapes on blue paper, using the exacto knife.I started gluing the pieces of feather shaped paper to the Styrofoam body. I repeated this process very many times which made this project very tedious. You also want to layer the feathers to give the body more a of a shape.
A tricky part of this is creating the shape of the face. You want to make a small cone to stick on the face. You want to try making the cones diameter as close to the circle of the face so you can wrap the tape around the head easier. After doing that, you roll a small piece of paper for the and stick it in the small opening at the tip of the cone shape. After that, just repeat the same cutting and gluing process until you finally finish putting all the feathers in place.
You can use whatever you see fit for the eyes but I just used small, silver beads. To make the feet, I took pieces of wire and bent them into shape. I left a the wire on top long enough so I can stick it into the birds body.
This is optional but you can create a perch like I did. I made the base out of clay, fired it, and then used watercolor paint to give it wood textured look. I used two small pieces of wood to make the actual perch. You want to use hot glue to make sue it stays together, or else you're gonna have a hard time keeping it together. After that, you just want to wrap the wire on the perch so the bird will stand on it. I tied two ribbons on for more detail and then I was finished.
I started out by carving out a bird shaped body out of Styrofoam (which cab make a big mess by the way so be careful when doing that). After that. I picked out the colors for the feathers. You can use whatever colors you want but I picked blue, peach, and black. To make the wing, I cut two pieces of paper to make A winged shape, using and exacto knife.
I used basic school glue to stick the wing base to the sides of the bird. After letting the glue sit for a few minutes, I started cutting feather shapes on blue paper, using the exacto knife.I started gluing the pieces of feather shaped paper to the Styrofoam body. I repeated this process very many times which made this project very tedious. You also want to layer the feathers to give the body more a of a shape.
A tricky part of this is creating the shape of the face. You want to make a small cone to stick on the face. You want to try making the cones diameter as close to the circle of the face so you can wrap the tape around the head easier. After doing that, you roll a small piece of paper for the and stick it in the small opening at the tip of the cone shape. After that, just repeat the same cutting and gluing process until you finally finish putting all the feathers in place.
You can use whatever you see fit for the eyes but I just used small, silver beads. To make the feet, I took pieces of wire and bent them into shape. I left a the wire on top long enough so I can stick it into the birds body.
This is optional but you can create a perch like I did. I made the base out of clay, fired it, and then used watercolor paint to give it wood textured look. I used two small pieces of wood to make the actual perch. You want to use hot glue to make sue it stays together, or else you're gonna have a hard time keeping it together. After that, you just want to wrap the wire on the perch so the bird will stand on it. I tied two ribbons on for more detail and then I was finished.