"Gall"-y, it's s bird!
March 23rd, 2009 in member junk
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I found this beautiful rusty cog at the scrap yard this weekend, and washed off the mud, then sprayed it with clear sealer.
This little bird is made of Oak Galls. One is the body, a smaller one made a perfect head, and I cut another in half to make a wing. He is glued together with wood glue and I wood burned his eyes. The nest is a dried Lilly of the Nile flower.There are 3 tiny galls that are the eggs in the nest.
I put the whole nest into a small wooden flower pot, and then sprayed the whole thing with clear varithane.
The pot fit perfectly into the middle of the cog and a clear glass vase placed upside finished it off! By Gall-y, it's a bird! ( I make the cutest snowmen for winter from oak galls too!)
I found this beautiful rusty cog at the scrap yard this weekend, and washed off the mud, then sprayed it with clear sealer.
Take a beautiful, rusty cog, a few oak galls, glue, and an old vase, and what do you get? a sweet little bird in a nest!
Pattern or design used: My own design -
Marie Wirth
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Comments (7)
Midge Posted: 10:31 pm on March 25th
Thanks for sharing!
Kathy Posted: 10:03 am on March 25th
Nice job!
Candy Posted: 1:36 pm on March 24th
Take care,
Sue Posted: 12:49 pm on March 24th
Smiles, alice Posted: 11:04 pm on March 23rd