"THERE'S A BODY IN THE HALL" 27/10/20

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Yes indeedy, as of yesterday there is a body in my hall - going by the unconfirmed name of Manny Bootstrap... He arrived after a long weekend of creativity, culminating in 3 1/2 hours of hard labour - stuffing him with about 5kg of shredded paper bedding. Handsome guy tho he is, I really DO NOT KNOW where his living quarters will be!
Back-tracking a few days, it's a very well thought-out pattern with a central panel hidden inside, supporting the basic outline. The shape of things to come, so-to-speak!
I had an odd bit of foam for the neck lying around, just waiting for this kind of project...
After a certain amount of slightly mind-bending 'inside-out-ness' everything came out the right way round. But it was the ned of the day and I was, frankly, bushed.
Inserting the stuffinginvolved first of all fluffing-up the paper offcuts after their compression in the bale.
Paper everywhere of course, which eventually managed to find its way into every downstairs room...
At the end, one's pushing paper through a rather small opening in the cardboard bottom support.
And so... the big reveal: well, you saw the front view at the start of this post, but here's his rather splendid side view - zig-zags are so wonderfully slimming don't you think?
But.......  where to put him in my rather overcrowded little house is going to be a real problem. Oh well, hopefully it'll resolve itself over the next few days  -  no doubt  ;-)

Comments

sarah dare said…
Give Manny pride of place. He is an artwork.

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