To start with where I left off: I molded two tusks out of aluminum foil and stole some sort of pipe insulation from downstairs and cut it to the right size.
I then taped the tusks on
and added the pipe insulation to cover them to make it look like where the skin meets the tusk.
I made aluminum foil blobs and then used a hammer to make the eye sockets.
The ears (this part was the worst!) was cut from this wire mesh. I have so many holes in my hand now from those sharp little bastards. I drew the ear with a sharpie across the mesh so I could see where to cut.
Taped the outer edges of the ears to make it less sharp, then taped them on.
Dug a hole in his back and stuffed the stick I was using as the tree trunk. Then added foil around the bottom so the roots could be added.
Then paper mache' out the wazoo. The roots were made by molding the foil and taping them. I didn't think about this part till I was covered in paper mache paste so the foil container looks bad now. The top will be a bit tricker since it's so heavy now and after the paint and sealant I need to find something lighter but that will have a lot of branches. My end goal is to put clips (about 100) within the branches and leaves to clip my earring (below) onto.
Anyways maybe on Payday i'll get the branches and hopefully be done by next Tuesday. I hope now you can see what it is <3 (not a pinanta Marissa!!!)
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