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| Bird by Joanna Coupland |
On Saturday I went to a workshop at Olive's Nest (great for cards and gifts) run by Joanna Coupland. Jo, inspired by nature, makes fabulous quirky sculptures out of wire and paper. She has a whole range of beautiful birds, animals and fabulous fairy lights - all handmade, with no two the same! We were making birds. Julie & Kate made crows, Lily made an owl and Jeanette and I made birds of a less specific sort!
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| Olive's Nest on Scarcroft Road, York |
We started off making a wire structure which was the bird's body. Jo helped us all sort out the shape and showed us how to make it 3D. Here's mine...
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| Wire armature |
Next we covered it in paper - no pics - I was too engrossed in getting it done. This was the bit I found most tricky. Although, as this part took me longer than anyone else, I think it was only me who thought that!
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| More birds by Joanna Coupland |
Then we got down to painting. Jo had lots of lovely inks, dyes and paints for us to use. I went for blues and greens...
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| My bird |
Lily favoured pinks and oranges (and rather liked the sequins)...
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| Lily's owl - spot those sequins! |
Kate's had a very regal pose...
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| Kate's crow |
Jeanette & Julie gave theirs proper eyes with eyelids!
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| Jeanette's bird - check out those eyelids |
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| Julie's crow |
It was a fab day which I really enjoyed. Gaynor, who owns Olive's Nest, kept us topped up with tea and coffee and things to munch while we worked on our creations. This was definitely a fun thing to do - check out the other workshops on offer at Olive's Nest here.
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