Twenty Eight Giraffes Plus One

I thought I was finished with the 28 giraffes project, but my sister, Meredith, gave me a newspaper picture of a giraffe and it was so appealing that there just had to be one more.

This is "Plus One".

Tiles

Two Sundays ago I spent a lovely Sunday with my sister and brother-in-law at their pottery in Seagrove, NC: www.whynotpottery.com. Meredith and I made components for jewelry and she also showed me how to make tiles. I came home with some tile blanks which I'm transferring the images from my 28 Giraffes project onto. I am almost finished carving them and can't wait to see them finished. This has been really fun and really different from what I usually do. Here are some pictures of the tiles in progress.

A Lion's Tale (and Mane)

I did something today that I would wager a dollar that no one else in the world was doing: I put a hair weave on a stuffed lion. We were at the Safari House (big surprise) where a gnarly stuffed lion lives on the deck outside the family room. This poor lion must have lived a rough life because he was nearly bereft of hair on his head. He was balding. He was headed for cue ball status. He was about to join the Hair Club for Kings of the Jungle.

So the homeowner got me a huge bag of human hair (made in China) and I went to work with my trusty hot glue gun. At the end of the afternoon, after a lot of attaching, snipping, teasing and feathering, that lion had one fine, fine mullet. Here are before and after pictures of "Mane-ard".

28 Giraffes, Day Twenty Eight

Number 28 is taking a bow to mark the end of this project. It's been fun, but I'm ready to get on with something that brings in money!

28 Giraffes, Day Twenty Seven

We have been helping our friend, Stan, with his project at the Safari house. He is creating animal print cabinets by carving leopard spots, giraffe spots and zebra stripes out of various exotic woods. We spent yesterday sanding giraffe spots and, at the end of the day, I made a giraffe out of some of the spots and took this picture.

28 Giraffes, Day Twenty Six

I'm down to the home stretch!

28 Giraffes, Day Twenty Five

There's nothing left of this giraffe but the spots.