tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972993096558020885.post8363507249152195001..comments2023-07-27T10:31:26.622-07:00Comments on Danielle Hurley: The Great Blue Heron: Pt. 1Danihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16307037427793275267noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972993096558020885.post-2331254765717557912011-01-20T13:43:59.281-08:002011-01-20T13:43:59.281-08:00Hi Danielle,
Great model, Very lucky to come acros...Hi Danielle,<br />Great model, Very lucky to come across your website, I too am making a clay 3D study of a Heron. I'm from Ireland and doing my Junior Cert. this year. I love salmon fishing and often see these beautiful birds on the banks, in Ireland our native Heron is the gray Heron, slighty different in colour but very much the same! I built the body from news papers and chicken wire. Then attached this to two wooden legs standing up from a wooden base. The insulation foam is a very good idea! Its light and can be cut onto shape. Would have saved me hours! Anyay I have the shape I wanted cover with 7 layers of paper mache. I'm starting claying it this week and was just wondering how to make the bird look best with the clay, your site was just what I had been looking for! I love the way the neck feathers fall from the neck so realisticly and the feathers on the wings look so real! Are they made and then rolled or placed on the bird? How did you make the lower neck section? Its simply amazing and in my opinion the best part! Is there any chance I could get really close up photos of the bird? It would greatly help in the clay stage! Would really appreciate it! Also I would love to send on my photos of the finished bird. I also did a heron for my paited study, I have the bird done but yet have to do the backgroung!Will send on a photo! My email address is darraghmeaney@hotmail.com, would really love those photos! Great model.<br />Darragh, Ireland.Darragh Meaneynoreply@blogger.com