
It's a business card holder. No, really...
Kinda random, right?
I was thinking, for that someday when I have my own artist table I will need an eye-catching place to put my stack of business cards. What's more eye-catching than a couple of purple tentacles?
I had a bit of foam leftover from my [Staff of Infinite Mysteries] and Riven projects. I started by sketching a rough shape on the foam with a pen, then carving the foam with a hot knife. First I carved the shape with a long wire knife, the kind they sell to cut floral arrangement foam. Then I carved the details with a smaller, sharp, angled hot knife.
Then I attacked it with sandpaper.
When working with foam like this, you can cut a very rough shape, then fine-tune the shape with rough sandpaper and finish with a finer sandpaper. This foam is very easy to shape by sanding.
After sanding, I applied a quick coat of white primer.


Painting was an experiment with purple, black and white acryllic paints to get the desired look.
Business cards fit easily in between the grasping tentacles!
Ava, seriously well done
ReplyDeleteHehe thanks! I want to make some more with the rest of the foam scraps in my garage.
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