Make an Eggshell Sculpture !
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This sculpture is made using a common item found in trash bins "the eggshells" . By recycling it we can create wonderful pieces of art .
Gathering Ingredients
You will need:
- Eggshells
- Clay
- Hot Glue Gun
- Some Imagination
Cleaning the Eggshells
Although it is not necessary but I boiled the eggshells first then washed them up with cold water and cleaned any residue on them . After cleaning the Eggshells spread them on a towel and let them dry.
Making Base Sculpture
You directly glue the eggshells together but that is very difficult so i first made a base sculpture using clay.
Note : Cover up the working surface with clingfilm to make cleaning easier.
Drying Up the Base Sculpture
Put the base sculpure on a piece of aluminium foil and bake in oven for 2-5 minutes at 160 C. The goal is not to fully cure the clay just make it dry enough for easy handling.
Covering Up With Eggshells
Now let us give our chickens its calcium feather ! using hot glue stick pieces of eggshells on the sculptures.
Let the pictures speak for themselves.
Note : Before covering up with eggshells I inserted two toothpicks in the bottom of the chicken for its legs.
Fails
At first instead of making base models out of clay i used a crumbled up ball of paper but it was a fail as it didn't come out as expected .
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