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Alex Tomlinson πŸ¦‰

My first attempt at making a decoy!

Painted stone cast decoy of an Eastern Whip-poor-will in flat shapes and colors of brown, gray, and warm white.
Decoy sitting on a wooden balcony railing
18 October at 14:00 | Open on mastodon.social
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weird herm
Sharon McCarthy
Noah Jacobus
πŸ¦‡Lyle Solla-YatesπŸ¦‡

@hootalex it took me a minute to realize that both are the same decoy and neither of them are real

18 October at 14:46 | Open on cville.online
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@hootalex I thought those were giant slugs. I am not fully awake.

18 October at 15:07 | Open on mastodon.social
Alex Tomlinson πŸ¦‰

@antdude Now I am imagining a Whip-poor-will slugging along leaving a snail trail haha

18 October at 16:18 | Open on mastodon.social
Caroline

@hootalex That’s so beautiful. What is it made from?

18 October at 15:29 | Open on toot.community
Alex Tomlinson πŸ¦‰

@thebaywindowgirl Thank you!! It is cast in Hydrostone. The process was this more or less...

1. Draw profile silhouette of Whip-poor-will
2. "Inflate" silhouette in Illustrator
3. Get model 3D printed (at actual size!)
4. Create a silicone mold and cast in hydrostone
5. Paint!

18 October at 16:21 | Open on mastodon.social
Caroline

@hootalex I love that it looks so much like your illustrations. Will you be making more?

18 October at 16:30 | Open on toot.community
Ciara
FaiTheFairy

@hootalex That’s so pretty, i love it!

18 October at 16:56 | Open on mastodon.social
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