'Nelli' is a wonderful fantasy creation using a variety of techniques that cross over between the doll and plush animal world. (Bear not included)

Master, award winning, South African artist Anina Remcken will show you step by step how to create your own Fantasy  Elephant using these incredibly versatile techniques.

Techniques included in this workshop:

1. Creating and free forming a wire armature
2. Wrapping & securing armature and wrapping for shapes and curves
3. Wing sculpture with plastic sheet and organza by free hand machine sewing
4. Character eyes with polymer clay
5. Needle sculpting of feet
6. Embellishments

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Supply List:
 

1. Thin bendable wire to build the armature
2. Grey cotton T-shirting or stretchy fabric, preferably knitted or weaved in a tube, it makes it easier to cut so that you have one long strip of fabric. Otherwise you need to join all the pieces together so that you have 1 x 10m piece of about 20mm wide. It works easiest if you roll it up like a bandage.
3. Grey mini velvet/ mini bear fabric for the ears and feet
4. Pink, purple and turquoise felt to decorate the body
5. DMC nr. 8 Perle Blue 996, DMC nr. 8 Yellow 307 for embroidery on felt circles.
6. 1 x plastic frosted sheet to stiffen the wings. (We use frosted sheets in filing or ring binding in books.)
7. Thin stiff plastic sheet, not so hard that if will break the machine needle.
8. Purple and turquoise organza for wing.
9. Bright pink machine thread to sew the wings.
10. Pink and Yellow chenille stick to decorate around ankle.
11. Pink pearly like beads for tone nails and decorating on body. 2.5 mm beads.
12. Fimo clay, or other polymer clay in white, black and turquoise.
13. false lashes
14. Tiger tail (or any other beader’s cord) for antenna 
15. floral sequins and small beads for antenna
16. crimps to secure the beads on the ends of the antennas
17. 10mm beads with a large hole for knee knobs
18. silk flowers to decorate around the neck
19. polyester stuffing to stuff the feet
20. strong upholstery thread for general securing of body pieces
21. Masking tape to secure the knee knobs to wire armature.
22. blade to cut slay
23. chalk pastels and paint brush to do the shading on the clay eyes
24. something to roll the clay into thing sheets (straight glass, pastry roller or pasta machine)
25. doll needles
26. general sewing supplies, scissor, hemostat, and sewing needles
27. Glitter glue, I’ve used the “colorless/silvery” one, use one with an acrylic base; this is to seal the edge of the wings, so that the organza doesn’t fray.

Retired

Course Duration: 30 days.
Course Fee: $50.00 USD

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