The task was set to make something using Egg as a theme, the usual first thoughts I put aside and asked myself what is an egg, I concluded it is the vessell where a new beginning starts, I loooked to nateure and decised to make a Conker in its shell.
The shell is truned as a hollw form then a section around the opening is cut away, the inside wa bleached but did not come up as white as I wanted si used acrylic paint, in reality it is not as white as in the pic, too much flash I think. The spikes are 4mm dowel inserted into shallow drill holes spikes on the sanding belt. The the holw this was airbrushed with acrylic paints, first yellow then a thin coat of green over th top. A mix of paints to get the browm effect which was dappled on with the end of a stiff brush. The tem is hand carved from a piece of Chestnut. It measures 4" diameter and stands 9" tall.
The Conker itself is a turned piece of Cocobolo using the sap wood as the natural crown of the fruit, then hand carved to give a few imperfections. £2 diamter and 2" high.
Your comments are welcome
Cheers Martin.
