Gilbert Pursby..

For my final piece at university I'm creating a selection of bizarre animals to display at the final exhibition. The first and biggest of the group is Gilbert ( named after the Ikea furniture he is made up of) he is a seat for the audience to sit on when trying on pieces on display ( some of the animals are props and items that can be worn).

so far:

items used

• Ikea stool
• Ikea fake fur pillow
• Fine chicken wire
  
• wire
• stuffing

step one:

I got the chair and made a wire base around it but the body has no head at the moment since I'm cutting the chicken wire with fabric scissors ( silly thing to do really but its all I have at the moment) need some pliers to do the rest or sooner or later I'll have no fingers left.

step two:

Started to stuff the top part of him because he will be sat on and the wire can't keep its form when sat on by its self ( and I want it to be some what nice to sit on) .

step three:
Just to check if the fur looks OK I put it on top of the wire and it looks OK so far, have to get white fur for the belly and some extra fur for the head and legs. First things first I have to form the head and tail ( in order to save on fabric I might use the over hanging fur for the head and another fur for the tail so it matches better ) once the fur is attached I'll air brush it to add some detail to the fur so it looks better.

Other then that its looking good so far the smaller bits will be done once the main body shape is formed and then on to the next animal.