Have you ever admired how skillful and industrious birds are? Especially the weaver bird? Working with its beak and picking spots away from prying eyes, it intertwines fibres and any sturdy material it considers suitable for a warm safe abode.<\/p>\n
This sculpture is my tribute to the weaver bird, one of nature\u2019s best architects, builder\u00a0and site manager. It was my desire to mirror the shape, width and workings of the weaver\u2019s nest and it took quite many hours from start to finish. There is an image in set that will give you a peak into the process.<\/p>\n
This nest is created in an additive-sculpture technique and uses 100% sustainable and earth friendly material such as raffia (plant fibre) and tree-free paper and is handpainted with coffee, some water colour and pan pastels.\u00a0\u00a0Once it was ready, I mounted it on a wooden block and added a slim branch to depict its suspension from a tree \u2013 just as it really would, in nature.<\/p>\n
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This handmade paper sculpture is a tribute to nature\u2019s master builders.
\nIn pursuit of creating a sculpture with completely environmentally-conscious materials, I sought inspiration from my surroundings. The Weaver bird\u2019s nest left a lasting impression on my mind and that is what I finally created.<\/p>\n
Dimensions: Height 35cms x Width 15 cms<\/p>\n
Material: Tree-free paper, plant raffia, small amounts of paper mache, floral wire 22 gauge, florist crepe paper for foliage, non-toxic and high-quality glue that dries clear.<\/p>\n
Colours: Coffee powder, watercolours and pan pastels.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":9794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1834],"product_tag":[1875,2847,1468,2674,1873,1540],"class_list":["post-9796","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-sculpture","product_tag-handmade","product_tag-helsinki-international-artists-association","product_tag-nature","product_tag-paper-art","product_tag-paper-sculpture","product_tag-sustainable","desktop-align-left","tablet-align-left","mobile-align-left","first","instock","sold-individually","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundesign.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/9796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundesign.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundesign.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundesign.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fundesign.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/9796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundesign.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundesign.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundesign.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=9796"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundesign.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=9796"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundesign.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=9796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}