Here are some shots of the "bear" rug's extra heads in progress. One is a fox and one is a badger, yesterday I made the patterns for them and grafted them to the body of the bear. I got some amazing vinyl to construct the carnivorous flowers/plants that are going to be growing out of him. I can't decide whether to call him "Buddy: the budding-off beast" or "Bearnard." He's not really a bear though... he will have long ears, 3 additional heads and like 12+ eyes, so maybe "Buddy?"
The patterns are made on heavyweight plastic bags, like the ones you get at art stores for carrying home large pieces of paper. They are really time-consuming to make... lots of pinning, marking, measuring, and refining, but its necessary for a perfect fit.
I have 2 days to finish him, though I'll have the weekend to make any last-minute adjustments. I really wanted to make an additional sculpture to go in a glass dome I bought but I probably won't have time. Maybe if I don't sleep till Monday...
11 comments:
Oooo i like her! you've done so much in the past two weeks, i'm impressed! we're almost there!
Oh Cooper! Wonderful I expected nothing less.
can bernard/buddy be unicorn's friend?
I'm really in love with the doll series!
you're so talented!!!!! i love all your illustration
spolier alert...the bear rug is awesome..
Dalva/Buerli- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH can't wait to be done
Cole- 100% yes
Brigitte- I love YOUR dolls
Kim- Thank you!
David- He he he, tankshhhhhh.
whoa, more stuffed creatures nice!
The pinned one looks radtastic.
The puncture illo is genius Coop!
I was just researching for making my own polar bear rug - from fake fur and taxidermy supplies, when I saw this post...
Any way you are willing to share patterns/templates?
Kind regards
Lars Sorensen
Absolutely Lars! Email is better: jawcooper@gmail.com
It's a very time-consuming process, and quite expensive but I'm happy to share what I've learned! Depending on the quality of your supplies(taxi. forms/faux fur/glass eyes/accoutrements I'd say you'll need around... 200-600$ and a week to a month of time depending on how free you are and how confident of a sewer/fabricator you are.
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