I have adjusted the nesting bird so that the light inside now gently lights up into the young birds heads … but not the mother birds head: the photos above show progression of lighting from left to right, then lights out!
Starry Nesting
Production Line!
Front row: casts in green translucent resin, black pigmented cement, & basic cement. I have four casts now, three are RapidSet Mortar mix. The one at the far right has been painted. Middle photo is of same cement as the first photo, with different lighting.
On the stand is the oil based clay original, reworked a bit for re-use. I do want to make a better mold of this before squash it away!
Back to Work II
Back to Work
The finish details often take forever! The light fixture still needs a hanger on the back, but is now mounted to an OK backing for a removable plugin fixture, that can be converted in future to be a standard wall mount fixture if desired.
The first “birds in nest” was a bit of a disaster, and I have only 2 casts from it. I am restoring and refining the clay original in the hope of making a better mold with good detail. However I do realize I need to be more meticulous with the clay finish this time if I want to like the results. It is just to rough and uneven …
