“Bear in the Woods”

1.      Bear. This is made from three types of eggs. Ears were carved and cut from an emu egg, head is a quail egg and the body is an unknown small egg.

The head, body and ears were glued together with sculpy glue. Sculpy was added to the head and trunk to make the snout, belly, and back. This was baked at 275 degrees for 20 minutes. The arms and legs were made from wire wrapped with sculpy and attached. A layer of modeling paste was added to the bear and a high-speed drill was used to make the appearance of hair. The next step was a wash with dark brown on the body and a black wash around the eyes and nose. Different browns were also added to the bear’s coat. The final coat on the bear was a mixture of Pebeo lightening medium, a small amount of vitrail brown paint, and Jaquard antique gold bronze powder. Eyes were added and the bear was highlighted with 6 ss crystal smoked topaz and 5ss mocha flatbacks.

2.      Bee hive. The quail egg was wrapped with 1mm pearl leather cording, washed with dark brown and coated with the above Pebeo mix. Yellow vitrail was used to make the honey dripping on the outside.

3.      Stump. The mid-section from a goose egg was cutout. The top of the stump was a piece of cardboard glued in. Modeling paste was applied all over. The bark markings were made using a highspeed drill as well as the rings on top of the stump. Different brown/black washes were used to color the bark and top of the stump. The Peboe mixture as above was applied to the stump.

4.      Various grasses, moss, weeds, and my cold porcelain flowers adorned the scene. The butterfly and bird were little things I did not make but thought they added a little color.