doodling at the vise

[rainbowchaser]

Quite a while ago I was given a box that the person said was full of assorted furs. It turned out to be craft furs of variable usefulness. One piece was a bright blue that shouts damselfly. I played with it unsuccessfully and then put the box away and forgot it. I came across it again today and tried again. For the first try I took a bundle of the guard hair type fibers and tied them in as an extended body. I wrapped the rest of the fibers length forward to form the abdomen. The extension was too limp so it was coated with a bit of clear household goop. I formed a spinner style wing from a grizzly saddle hackle and dubbed a thorax with the underfur like portion of the craft fur. I thought it came out looking very good. Unfortunately it sank like a rock.
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For the next try I tied in some blue dear hair for a tail, taking care not to flair it. The body was dubbed from the craft fur underfur and the wing was once again a grizzly saddle. This time it floated well and didn't look too much different.
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Sorry about the out of focus pictures. They looked better on my camera screen. The next project is going to be playing around with the new camera I got for Christmas until I can use it as well as the old one.