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Papegaai en kooi maken
Polymer clay such as Fimo or Cernit can be used to create extremely delicate, openwork structures. These little cages illustrate this technique, mimicking basketwork or wire. They are in the scale of 1:12 or approximately 2 1/2 inches high. The coin in the photograph is an English pound.
Birdcages were often highly decorative in Victorian times and have become very collectable today. From the eighteenth century onwards when Louis XV commissioned elaborate cages for the orangery at Versailles, birdcages have been used as much as articles of decoration as for their intended purpose. These miniature polymer clay birdcages are somewhat simplified from the Victorian designs but give the flavour of those beautiful structures in basketwork, wire or gilt. I have made a polymer parrot (Poly?) to live in the cage but many cages were displayed purely as ornaments, sometimes containing a plant or draped with lace.
http://www.polymerclaycentral.com/pcc/featured/parrot1.html
Categorie: Workshops
Onderwerp: Poppenhuizen
Aanvullende informatie:
- Aangemaakt op: 9 augustus 2005
- Laatst gewijzigd: 1 juli 2008
- Laatst gecontroleerd: 26 januari 2024
