![]() ![]() Use the wire cutters to cut the bottom of the dress into approximately 5” strips. Wrap the top of the dress around the ghost’s torso, securing in the back with wires. You can see the general shape in the photo. Start shaping the wire to make the top part of a dress. Slide the body of the ghost onto the inverted tomato cage.Ĭut another piece of chicken wire, making it large enough to fit around the torso, and about 6” longer then the torso. ![]() The edges don’t need to be prefect, they will eventually be hidden by the cheese cloth. Keep one end wider, and the end for the wrist skinnier.Īttach the arm to the opening on the body, by folding the cut ends together, or using small pieces of wire. Use your own arm as a guide for proportions. You can fold together the cut edges, or use small pieces of wire to secure the neck and body together.īend another piece of chicken wire to resemble a long, bent arm. Leave an opening at the top of the torso to attach the arm in a later step.Īttach the head to the top of the torso. This ghost only has one arm, which is all I thought she needed. Bend the wire together, and form into a torso. To make the body, cut a piece of chicken wire approximately 3 feet wide. When done, you should now have a wire head, and neck. ![]() ![]() Remove the wire head from the mannequin, and use small cut pieces of wire to attach the back of the head together Shape the wire to resemble a face, keeping the back of the head open. Things are about to get spirited! Materials NeededĬut a piece of chicken wire large enough to loosely wrap around the mannequin’s head. Go grab some work gloves and your supplies. With a quick spritz of glow in the dark spray paint the spirits will be lit all through the night, especially if you have a black light spotlight to give the glow pigment a little boost. You can basically raise the ancient spirits in a few hours, but they will go on spooking the neighbors straight through Halloween. I ordered a few more books, got my supplies in order, set up my studio and the sculpting begins That lasted the winter, then it was fur and now leather.We’ve got spirits, how about BOO! We’ve got spirits, now you can too! Looking for a handmade kind of horror? These chicken wire ghosts will put you on the map of haunted places, and might have the Ghost Hunters knocking on your door with their entire camera crew. Then I discovered wire art.amazing works out there.then there's air dried clay.there is so much to explore in the sculpting world. They have fuelled the fire to create my own woodland fairy sculptures and whatever else along the way. In the fall of 2012 I came across some wonderful fairies sculpted by Candice Cinque.they were fascinating to me as are the drawings of Brian Froud. Painting, carving song birds from wood, rustic furniture, renovating, stained glass, farrier, carpentry are amongst the numerous other things I have done.Īs a young girl I would go off into the forest on my own with my imagination.what fun I would have! I have always been involved in the arts and crafts from a young age taking a few workshops along the way. My husband Dwight Yachuk and I live in a most beautiful 200 acre forest situated between two small lakes that are connecting by a lovely little stream. If you want to be alerted to any new posting on this page sign up for the RSS feed below ![]()
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