Thursday 30 September 2010

how to make a toucan??

I promised to make my mother a bird.... and she asked for a toucan. A toucan!
Have you seen what those birds look like?? They are truely amazing - but how the bloody hell do you make one?

I have started on some research. I found lots of beautiful images on google but I like this one best...


I also like these two...





Its amazing how they blend into the tropical forests. I found some excellent info on Toucans at this site. Did you know that their beaks are hollow and can grow up to 45cms in length? Amazing.

Here I am on the kitchen floor starting to work out the pattern. Planning on making the beak hollow and stiffened with lots of interfacing. Should be done by Christmas I reckon!  




I'm so far behind on all my birds. When people ask me for one, I quite seriously tell them there is a 12 week wait! But yesterday I made 4 birds - and they are now just awaiting legs and feet. And a leg ring label. And and and...



Tuesday 28 September 2010

remembering summer 2009 ....

it feels a bit like summer right about now....
the washing was hung on the line by 8am and was bone dry by 9am,
the strawberry plants are hanging heaving with little strawberries not-yet-ripe,
and the grass is going brown already....

In the summer of 2009 we had an amazing holiday up the coast around the Bellingen district ☀

We drank champagne, floated in the river, played bocce on the rolling green fields and flew a mean kite in strong onshore winds. It was magic!

We were very clever with the Holga when we took this. A fancy double exposure done in-camera ( okay, okay - and a tiny bit of digital editing after it was scanned... )

we'd both go back to that day in a second. It really was magic ♥♥