[size=-1]From Graham Owen Gallery
10xl Partridge Carrie Stevens hook and two pieces of tapered Orvis foam strips
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[size=-1]Foam colored with markers and tinted flex varnish
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Foam segmented up the hook to create the turtles tail
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Five pieces of fine brass wire secured to the hook to create the legs
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Wires bound together with thread
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Toes are separated and detailed
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Thin foam strips are tied on top as well as underneath to shape the legs
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The fun begins, detail coloring, using micron markers
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[size=-1]The head is shaped with a long strip of chenille. Blackened mono fishing line was pulled through the head with a needle, glass beads slid down, plastic melted until it was flush with the beads. |
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Two strips of colored Swiss Straw are tied on behind the hook eye
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Straw is pulled back and secured with thread
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The red ears are colored
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The straw is colored with micron markers, pulled forward, and secured with thread
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Straw is pulled back to shape the turtles retractable neck
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The shell is made with a thin piece of flat foam
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Pattern was cut into the foam with a razor, and flame used to heat and shape the foam
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Thread is tied between the legs to begin forming the body
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Swiss Straw is wrapped around
[size=-1]An under shell was also made, and using a needle and thread,
the turtle body was sandwiched between the shell pieces
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He looks real enough to become lunch |