Today's episode deals with alchemy success from the maker's perspective. And that maker is me.
I couldn't resist bidding on the challenge to make a mounted jackalope "taxidermy" made of non-animal materials. I won the bid but didn't really have a plan other than ideas floating in my head.
Lucky for me the ideas in my head floated out pretty much exactly how I hoped they would. That's always nice. (Because believe me, most of the time it doesn't work out that way).
The process:
First I went to the hardware store and experienced the usual awkward situation of looking for unknown materials and not wanting to explain what I'm looking for... since I'm rarely quite sure. I bought chicken wire and screening. That was the base for the jackalope embryo:
This was built up with wire and screen and then covered with this foam carpet padding stuff. Then I made brown corduroy antlers. A lot of the sewing of padding and "skin/fur" was done using a curved needle. Actually, without the curved needle, it might have been impossible to get the "pelt" on the innards.
I like the profile.
The eyes were made using these glass globules I had for a long time. I had no idea what I was ever going to use these for, but now I know I can use them for jackalope eyes.
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Meanwhile, in unrelated news I must report, Patches is bemused by a camel cricket.
4 comments:
Jackalope-mania. I'm so impressed with your construction skills.
It might be a mania, indeed. Thanks, Catherine (not sure if you're Catherine I know or not).
For not having a plan that jackalope is awesome!
I guess not having a plan sometimes works :)
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