Today I wanted to show the next step for changing the rabbit from two-dimensional into a three-dimensional animal. I did not get as far along as I would have liked for a couple of reasons. First there was the Thanksgiving holiday. I was busy cooking. Then, I cut my thumb and forefinger while I was working on this project when my craft knife slipped. It did not require stitches, but it is hard to use my thumb to hold anything. My finger is also pretty sore, and I am having to hunt and peck while typing this. I have been touch typing for many years, and it is difficult to switch methods.
This is the last animal to be made for the carousel. I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to starting the next phase of work on the carousel. I wanted to get all the animals to the next step, which will be drilling and sanding. But, for now, on with creating this animal.I expect my readers are getting bored with the repetition of the steps for each animal, but I have been putting the complete process on each animal because new readers are always coming to the blog. If they are only looking at a post or two, they may be missing steps in how to make the animals. It is easier if the information for each step is available for them to see.
This photo is where I left off last week. There are two rabbits for the Romance side (the side facing the public) and two rabbits for the side that faces the center of the carousel.
The rabbits are cut from card stock. This project is in one-eighth scale. The animals are roughly five to six inches wide. Cardboard boxes would have been too bulky to use in this project.
The ears are in different directions so that both will be visible when looking at the animal from outside the carousel. If they were both pointing in the same direction, the second ear would not be as visible for at least part of the time.
This photo shows that bits of toothpicks have been hot glued to one body of each rabbit shape. Card stock is heavier than paper, but it will still bend and flex. The glue and toothpicks hold the shape rigid. Obviously, I am not trying to mimic a skeleton shape here. I just kept adding a toothpick anywhere the shape wanted to bend.
The second rabbit shape was glued on top of the shape that had the toothpicks on it. The toothpicks are completely covered and will never be visible again. The shapes are now quite rigid and will have enough strength to stand up to the next phase, which is to add the spacers to hold the two sides of the animal together.
Unfortunately, it was during the next step, cutting and adding the spacers, that I cut myself. Fortunately, I did not drip any blood onto my rabbit shapes. However, the injury did bring a stop to my crafting for the day.
My next blog post will be about how measure for the spacers and how to add the spacers and determining their placement.
Check back next week on Monday or Tuesday for the next blog post.
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