Scallop shell poppies 2.0
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Scallop Shell Poppies
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Why poppies?
As this is the 100th anniversary of the A.N.Z.A.C landing at Gallipoli, we decided it would be fitting to create poppies as a garden ornament. We had to problem solve a design that would work based on an example that Mrs O’Brien found at a country fair.
Scallop shells were collected from Waipu Cove beach and Mrs Tolhurst helped in our quest by gathering shells off Matarangi Beach.
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Firstly, we had to wash all of the salt off the shells so that the paint would adhere properly, we also matched up the shells into sizes.
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We knew we had to file the shells to make a small hole big enough for the wire to fit through so it could hold the sculpture in the garden.
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After that we had to paint the shells with water based paint. We had to do this a couple of times because the paint stuck to the drying station (Paper).
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We glued a pair of shells together with a product called No More Nails, it took a while to dry and we couldn't move our hands.
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After we had two pairs of shells together we painted the middle of the shells black with yellow spots.
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The wires had to be cut and twisted to make the stalk of the poppy.
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Firstly, we tried to paint with brushes but we couldn't get into the twisted wire successfully, so we ended up spray painting it.
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Once we had glued everything together and added the wire stake, we had to touch up the shells and paint over the ‘Knead It’ that secured the wire in place.
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This is the finished product. We are all very happy with the problem solving and team work that went into producing our poppies. Look out for them in the Room 3 garden soon.