Tuesday, October 06, 2009

A Big Carrot


I made a big carrot for a food festival, Tooting Harvest Foodival, last week. Big vegetables are relatively easy to make if you can't grow your own. Although I did have to go through a couple of prototypes like the one on the right which was not strong enough. I found that the solution was to make a basic carrot structure out of cardboard, then paste newspaper and finally orange tissue paper over it. A bit of acrylic paint adds texture, add some "leaves" and there you are! OK, I agree, it's no Botticelli, it's a rudimentary quick paper carrot ... but it's surprisingly easy to get a good enough effect and a very positive response from the public!

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