Arlene’s Birdy

Remember The Deerclayer post and how we conspired to make hounds tooth-covered animals to give to Arlene Groch at this years’ Clayathon?

 

Well I have been into birdies lately and my Clayathon  hounds tooth contribution was a hounds tooth covered birdy.  I made the core from aluminum foil and newspaper which I covered with scrap clay, painted him with white acrylic paint and baked him.

  

Then I covered the birdy with cane slices

And baked again (his beak is painted with liquid clay tinted with acrylic paint)

I fashioned a birdy perch so Arlene could hang him in her studio without taking up any precious work space.

 Sqwawk!

 

I antiqued him with a mixture of liquid clay and white acrylic paint for a muted look.

I think he looks content; don’t you?