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Bug Sculpture


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September 16, 2020

Bug Sculpture - bug added to flowers and tea pot bird feeder from other projectsI made this with broken a patio chair and misc metal pieces. This is what happens when your husband stands on a patio chair, falls off, and it breaks! You make a bug sculpture! We used all of the chair except the seat which was actually the only part of the chair that broke and was unuseable.

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You need to use your imagination with this project, purchasing metal pieces that resemble a bug's wings, tail, head, etc. I just got lucky!

Total Time: 1 hour

Yield: 1

Supplies:

  • metal pieces from thrift store
  • nuts, bolts, washers
  • broken metal patio furniture
  • zip ties
  • wire
  • spray paint
  • plate
Bug Sculpture - broken chair
 
Bug Sculpture - chair with broken leg
 
Bug Sculpture - chair parts and other miscellaneous metal parts
 

Steps:

  1. Drill hole in a plate for the face. Drill holes into the back of a patio chair and attach to legs with nut, bolt, and washers to form the bug body.
  2. Bug Sculpture - stylized Kokopelli plate
     
    Bug Sculpture - drilling holes in chair back
     
    Bug Sculpture - attaching to legs
     
  3. Attach head, wings, and tail with zip ties to hold in place. Then, wire the parts together and remove zip ties.
  4. Bug Sculpture - box of zip ties
     
    Bug Sculpture - temporarily holding parts for head, wings, and tail in place using zip ties
     
    Bug Sculpture - creating wings
     
    Bug Sculpture - adding more metal parts
     
    Bug Sculpture - round black wire baskets attached
     
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  5. Spray paint. Allow to dry.
  6. Bug Sculpture - spray painted white
     
  7. Attach face (plate) to head of insect using a washer, nut, and bolt to look like a nose. Here is our "bug" in his home among our glass flowers!
  8. Bug Sculpture - face (plate) attached and bug placed in garden
     
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