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Eggshell Mammoth
Опубликовано 02.05.2014 ·
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One day several years ago I got ill. Just a cold. Nothing serious. But I couldn’t go outside and didn’t have anything to do at home. What can one do in this situation? You can make eggshell mosaics! I already had eggs but couldn’t force myself to start the project. So I could say that I was lucky to get ill in a way.
The drawing is the mammoth from “Syberia”, a great PC game. If you like quests and haven’t played it yet I highly recommend it. The mosaic is done on a piece of cardboard painted black. The eggshell comes from brown chicken and quail eggs.
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| Broken up eggshell |
The process is quite simple: you break the eggs, separate the shell from the film lining it and break the shell into same-sized but different shaped pieces. Then you pour some PVA glue on the base and arrange the pieces of the eggshell. It is rather monotonous and very calming.
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| Filling in the background |
This is that rare case when I know exactly how long it took me to finish something. While working on the project I was watching “Harper’s Island”. 13 episodes 40 minutes each which equals 8.6 hours. A day of work and here is the result:
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| Finished mammoth |