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March 3, 2012
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:icongroovygirlsuzy17:
This is a mini ship I made as part of my Moby Dick project for my illustration studio class. I may use it in a shadowbox or put it in a display case by itself...I'm not sure yet. It is made out of cork, book cloth, toothpicks, mini brass brads, and embroidery floss. I painted it with black acrylic paint and metallic gold marker. It's 1.5" x 1.5"!

I looked at other mini ship models for inspiration. I've never carved wood before though, so I considered what might look like wood and be easier to carve. My roommates drink wine almost every night (not me I'm a beer girl :) )so they have several wine bottle corks laying around. A lightbulb went off lol. And happily, it was really easy to carve. The other supplies I already had from my book structures class, art classes, and obviously the toothpicks were in the kitchen. haha. So if you wanted to attempt this yourself it would be cheap and easy :)

I'm so very happy with this ship :) I just love it!
More pictures of the rest of my project to come...
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*FromSleepyHollow Apr 16, 2013  Professional Photographer
Your beautiful work has been featured in my latest journal..
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~Groovygirlsuzy17 May 13, 2013  Student General Artist
Thank you!
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Mood: Wow! ~Seimein Jan 13, 2013
Oh my... One day, I'll try that one.
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~TamaraKane Jan 13, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
This is terrific! I've never seen brads that small. Excellent use of materials. Well done!
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~Groovygirlsuzy17 Jan 14, 2013  Student General Artist
Thanks!! Haha yeah I wanted smaller but this was the smallest I found at Michael's :)
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Mood: Love ~TheEmeraldMasquerade Jun 15, 2012  Student General Artist
Wow that's really amazing! You did a great job! :D
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~Groovygirlsuzy17 Jun 15, 2012  Student General Artist
Thank you! :D
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~TheEmeraldMasquerade Jun 16, 2012  Student General Artist
You're welcome ^-^
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~azianwolfdoll Mar 3, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
LOL--Pequod. :XD: I wonder if Ahab ever realized how such a name for his ship was more adorable than it was intimidating! Nicely done on crafting such a small scaled ship, though! I hope we'll be seeing Moby at some point!
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~Groovygirlsuzy17 Mar 6, 2012  Student General Artist
Yeah it is a cute name for a ship that's supposed to look like death haha. Thank you so much, Dolly. :) Yes I'll be posting my final project including Moby this weekend!
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