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Oliver, The Mechanical Birdieby *monsterkookies

Traditional Art / Sculpture / Miscellaneous

This lil' guy is the fourth bird I have made, and is believed to have a lost brother that has not been found, yet. Oliver gets his name for his lovely pale green colour.

He is made from polymer clay and has been antiqued with black acrylics to give a worn and greased look. As opposed to working with a vast aray of metal components this time, I wanted to get more decorative with the rivets and paneling. It's got a very lovely simplistic feel to it.

On top of his head, he has a little brass crest, and he has two chains that dangle under his chin. Details are picked out against the olive metallic green with a lovely brass colour. He stands rather high on his wire legs. Yes, he stands by himself. How does he balance? Well, look at how his body is posed. The good old "center of gravity" rule helps him to stand with no problems.

Oliver has been sold!

Check out the Monster Kookies Etsy Shop and my website at MonsterKookies.com!

If you do not have or want an Etsy account, just send me a note and we can go from there!

Please do not attempt to copy my designs or steal and/or post my photos without crediting, please. I spend a lot of time on my designs, so please use your own imagination and not mine!

Daily Deviation

Given 2010-02-08

Oliver, The Mechanical Birdie by *monsterkookies ( Featured by =Chihuahua-Yip )

love 6 6

joy 3 3

wow 2 2

~~mad 0 0~~

~~sad 0 0~~

~~fear 0 0~~

neutral 2 2

~DawnStarLightning Feb 26, 2012

I love your birdies! I have two questions for you... okay maybe 3. lol 1. How big is he? 2. Do you just bake him with the metal inside so that it hardens around it? 3. How do you get the polymer clay metallic colored like that? If you could answer these questions I would really appreciate it.

Even if you just answered the second question it would make my day. Thanks a ton!
Btw- your art is amazing! I wish I could make stuff like this!

*monsterkookies Feb 26, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Thanks! My birdies are usually 3-4 inches tall or so. I add the legs afterwards. And I use mica powders and metallic clay to get the metal effect.

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~DawnStarLightning Feb 29, 2012

Thanks so much!

But it looked like he had chains hanging off him, are those real metal and how do they stay on? It also looks like he has screws for eyes. I'm sorry for the 20 questions >.<'

*monsterkookies Feb 29, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Yes, it's real chain - I use metal findings in addition to the sculpted clay. Those are real screws, as well. I just embed the ends into the clay to make them stay in.

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*FauxHead Nov 3, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

this is so awesome!

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~Jenya88 Sep 30, 2011

Love it!

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~no1superspud Jan 11, 2011

aww oliver is awesome!

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*monsterkookies Jan 11, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

Thankies!

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~whitney037 Jul 30, 2010

Oliver made me smile. Way creative and cute.

*monsterkookies Sep 9, 2010 Professional Traditional Artist

Thank-you!

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