"Green" Penguins Playing in the Snow. Here are my UpCycled Sculptures made with burned out light bulbs.
My Recyc-a-lite Penguin holding a snowflake.
I make these penguin sculptures using burned out light bulbs and Apoxie Sculpt. After I'm done sculpting them, I paint them with acrylic paint. Prior to covering the bulb with Apoxie Sculpt, I decide what the penguin will be holding or doing. Once I decide what the penguin will be doing, I begin to form the wing structure with wire mesh and masking tape. Depending on what the penguin is holding, the wing sculpting process can be tricky because once I cover it with Apoxie Sculpt, it can be difficult to make additional changes.
I try to vary what my penguins hold in their wings and what they do, to keep things from becoming stagnent. After I had a large stash of burned out bulbs from a local recycling center, I tried to sketch out a variety of penguin "activities" to help me figure out how to begin sculpting each penguin.
If you'd like to learn more about how I make my Playful Penguin sculptures, click the following:
Playful Penguin Process, Part 1
Playful Penguin Process, Part 2
Stop by my Etsy shop to see my line of Upcycled Sculptures.
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