Thursday 8 July 2010

Reduce Reuse and Recycle - Ballerina

The unfinished ballerina!  She is made from all recycled materials.


Again another unfinshed product to show.  I keep telling myself that I will finish things but when do you get the time!  The base of this is a wooden toy that had a straight bit sticking out, which I used for the leg, for the other leg I used a bit of old plastic and some newspaper.  The skirt is made from the front page of a magazine and folded to look this way.  I made the base of the body with scrumpled newspaper and maskiing tape, the arms from old straws (as you can see they are unfinished and the head is unfinished).  The reason I haven't finished it yet is I have to make more papier mache pulp and it is quite time consuming.  The head is what the rest of the body looked like before I sanded it.  I am unsure if I should paint it or not, but my three year old will probably say pink pink pink!


Just a few different angles.  Obviously when it is finished I will have to sand the base and polish it up a bit.



So have to shape bottom of arms and hands and finish head.
Anways munchkins are hungry, feed me.....

Andrea x

9 comments:

Jane said...

WOW!!! I can't believe you made this from all those items - clever you!!! It is so amazing even in it's unfinished state! I hope you find time to finish it, would love to see it! hugs, Jane xxx

Barb said...

She looks awesome! Definitely one of the coolest recycling pieces I've seen :)

Netty said...

Wow Andrea, you are one very clever and talented lady. Annette x

Mandy said...

Andrea this looks gorgeous even unfinished, love it
hugs Mandy xx

Mina said...

wow Andrea this is amazing and I think its perfect as it is, it dosent anything else done to it...I love it
Mina xxx

Amy said...

Wow, she's amazing now, can't wait to see her after you're all finished!
Seems like every little girl loves a pink ballerina, can't wait to see how she ends up!

Jennifer said...

wow you are so clever. I hope you get to finish her then please don't forget to show us xx Jenny xx

Skellyton Art said...

Thank you for visiting my blog and your kind words! Your Ballerina has perfect form! She will be beautiful I'm sure.

Unknown said...

This is so cool, so pretty! Thanks for sharing!

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Have a wonderful day!