A Work in Progress Wednesday

 

This is my latest innovation in the bird dolls' design. I always felt that the legs were too clunky and heavy. Bird legs are fine and spikey but I did not know how to approach this.
Reuban, my fabulously talented son, started to experiment with spun cotton techniques. Building an armature for stability and then having created a starch solution using cotton wool and thread to create different types of feet and paws for his Imps.
Seeing the potential to make my birds more bird he gave me a tutorial and here I am. The bird dolls now have styalised yet realistic legs and feet and I am really happy with how they look.
So a huge thank you Reuban.
Having now seen what you can do with this technique I am making a series of bird dolls in Acufactum fabric all with the new feet. Hopefully in the future I will move on to first owls and then maybe even raptors. I have seen a male sparrowhawk in regency dress with killer talons!