Pick Up A Penguin
A few years ago, I did a willow weaving day with my friend, supposedly making a chicken. Mine took on a life of its own and turned into rather a large rooster, that you can see here . For my birthday, my sister bought me a voucher for a local willow weaving session run by Jacquie of www.willowandcrafts.co.uk where we would be making a penguin. After a quick introduction to the materials and some penguin photos for inspiration, we began by making our penguin’s feet. They turned out roughly the same shape and size and looked vaguely like a pair - so far so good! The next job was to make the body base. After making a couple of teardrop shapes, these were joined together with a ring, the size of which would dictate the size of the penguin’s belly. I was aiming for a short, squat guy rather than a tall Emperor penguin. More rings were made in different sizes to complete the base frame. After weaving a few bits onto the body frame, it...