Behind the Scenes - Golden Urns and Golden Statues DIY

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***********Golden Urns**********
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********Golden Statues********
(and the sad tale of Ingrid Blackberry...:(

A trip to the two dollar store gave me my inspiration for the golden urns. I was looking for something suitable to place my topiary shrubs in, and found these cheap plastic egg cups. A few coats of my trusty gold spray paint (of which I've nearly finished a whole can after this photo shoot!)

And seeing how they turned out, I then decided they would work quite well for the statue base. The golden rabbit balances well on the base.

A set of 4 plastic egg cups - value $2

 

These should be easy enough to repaint (perhaps to a concrete colour) for future use, perhaps in a park setting or similar.

 

For readers familiar with my blog posts, do you recognize the rabbit on the left in this statue?

Oh no! Yes, I'm afraid it is...

Ingrid Blackberry from the Great Australia Outback Adventure!!

 

 

http://possumcreeksylvania.blogspot.com.au/2016/07/harry-beagles-outback-camping-adventure.html

Unfortunately, due to her adventure, Ingrid didn't come out of it very well. After multiple falls into the river (not part of the story!)... a few too many tumbles in the outback red dust....Ingrid became quite discoloured and lost flocking in places.

So it was with regret that Ingrid got chosen to be one of the golden statues! I'd become quite attached to Ingrid after going through her adventure with her, so this was not easy to do....

So...

Several coats of gold spray paint (this can of paint is nearly running on empty!)

Another child rabbit of similar size with bad flocking loss (one that came in a bundle who fortunately I was not attached too :)

As I was running to time and only began spray painting the golden rabbits the day before the photoshoot, I spray painted them heavily 5 or 6 times to get a complete gold-coloured coating. Probably it would have worked better, with less coatings and lighter spraying if this was done over several days, with a good amount of time for the flocking to completely dry before the next spraying.

 

ps I must add, I did purchase another second hand Ingrid and camping set before embarking on this project... so "Ingrid" is still alive and well. :) 

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