Perpetualplum’s Weblog

Remember these?  Well after putting them down for a while, I decided to do my best to finish them.  I painted them and attached their wings.  Their wings do move a bit. 

A while ago I bought some wooden boxes/frames from someone I know.  I have no idea how they were supposed to be used, but I thought they would make nice bases for my birds.  For each bird I also made a polymer clay piece and painted it.  Finally, I added some pieces off of a swag I bought at an after Christmas sale.

The beaks on the birds were so large that I thought I would have fun with them.  I decided to make them into 3 different birds known for their vocal talents.

 The Western Meadowlark is the Oregon State bird.   Almost every time I see one of these guys, he has his mouth open singing away.  We have a few photos of the birds sitting on fence posts in the high deserts of Nevada.  I made him a polymer clay fence post top and planted some faux grass at the bottom.

I’ve never seen a Mockingbird in Oregon, but my father-in-law once said to me that he liked hearing Mockingbirds in California.  I decided to give my little bird a polymer clay branch with faux leaves and berries. 

 We have a lot of Scrub Jays that visit our yard daily.  We had a nest a couple years ago and they do visit our feeders.  I gave this Scrub Jay a polymer clay branch with some faux fir branches and pine cones.

I’m waiting for some of the adhesives to dry.  For the most part they are finished.  I’ll probably do a tiny bit of touch-up on them.