• These colourful birds were created by taping a polystyrene ball to a pine cone and then doing papier mache over the whole shape to create the body and head of a bird.

  I checked on the internet and found that the plant is called a Parry’s Agave, very similar to an Aloe Vera plant. After flowering, the whole plant dies.

• These tree-like supports for our birds are what was left of the flower stalks when the plant died.

• We glued cardboard wings and tail on as well and covered the whole thing with coloured tissue. The final touches were the beak, eyes and feet.

• On the beach at Portsea, I found these marvellous tree-like shapes which were perfect for the birds to nest in for display.

Dot Browne
Visual Art Teacher           

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