Johan Scherft's Firecrests (Xmas Love Birds!)

[richkat]

WOW those came out great Dave, well done.....Rich

[Tom Lapinski]

Great job!

[airdave]

The way the body curves and folds and forms into the proper bird shape...is ingenious.
I would love to see Scherft's process for creating the unfolded body.

I would assume, since he is an artist/painter, that he forms a papier mache style body,
paints it, and then cuts it up (unfolding) into a flat part.
And then adds tabs.

I'm guessing that since he has been doing this for a while, that he does not use CAD.
Does anyone know any different?

[tochiro]

Originally Posted by airdave

I would assume, since he is an artist/painter, that he forms a papier mache style body,
paints it, and then cuts it up (unfolding) into a flat part.
And then adds tabs.

I'm guessing that since he has been doing this for a while, that he does not use CAD.
Does anyone know any different?

An extract from Johan's book (a beautiful book!):
(...) I usually begin by sketching the bird...
I make a few test patterns from plain paper. I experiment with a design for the basic shape using 3D computer programs...
There is a lot of trial and error necessary before the correct shape is achieved...
Once the design is satisfactory, I begin painting the template. (...)

[RunwayOneSixRight]

I found this online on Barnes & Nobles, I am asking for it for Christmas.

(I LOVE birds.)

-RunwayOneSixRight (Matthew)

[airdave]

cad? CAD?

noooooo....the horror!

[miketg]

These are awesome! I can't wait to build some!

[airdave]

me too. some more, that is

[RunwayOneSixRight]

I got this book for Christmas, I will build some soon!

-RuwnayOneSixRight (Matthew)