Zealot

It has become a tradition that my colleagues at work get a small treat for Halloween. This year I chose the hanging bat cones from brother:


The pattern is very simple and consists of only three parts with two of which are mirrored (the wings). Since the provided pattern was too small for my purpose I enlarged it by about 75 % and printed the outlines. I also made another pattern for a coloured inlay to spicen up the look a bit.

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The pattern was glued to some scrap cardboard and cut out. This gave me three stencils for tracing on black and purple card.

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I used a white pencil so that the lines were easier to see on the black card.

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I always make a limited edition of 15 pieces which are given to those who I meet first as soon as I enter our house. So it's kind of a lottery who will get one. Naturally, if someone doesn't get one and asks me for one I'll make another. ;)

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15 bodies and 30 wings had to be cut out.

To bend the bodies into a smooth cones I brushed them with water.

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The inlays were traced, cut out and formed:

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