Made by Jon Keller
This piece is made with newspaper paper mache on a corrugated cardboard frame . The bird and the horns are carved balsa wood .
I had first made smaller curved horns but , after I considered the project finished , I cut them off and made a new set of much longer wooden horns . Cutting into a “finished” project was a little scary , but the result was well worth it .
The base is a wooden plaque that I bought at a thrift shop for one dollar . I covered it with a thin layer of paper mache and painted it green . The little clumps of grass are slivers of green paper.
Everything was painted with acrylic paint and then varnished with water based matte varnish .
I think this is absolutely, positively awesome!!! The horns really make the bull! You are right though, cutting into a piece that has already dried is a little scary. I actually cut a horse’s head off to extend the neck and may have closed one eye in the process! lol Nice job!!
Okay. I’m LOVING this one. Great. Thank you.
This piece is wonderful! The form of the bull looks so real and the bird on the horns is perfect! Love it!