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Mannequin-hand phone charger
Your personal valet holds your phone, your watch, your keys, and charges your phone too!
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Explore the strange universe of figurine hacking
In this medium-complexity, one or two session build, we’ll cut up three Barbies or other figurines, and recombine their bits to form a nice spider/scorpion sculpture.
- Skills: cutting, gluing, heat bending, painting, mounting
- Complexity: about medium
- Completion time: one or two sittings
- Tools and materials: figurines, razor knife, heat gun, PVC glue, blue masking tape, spray paints, dust mask, fan
A few Barbies, some cutting, some heat bending, some gluing, some deco and… 50’s B Movie!
This will be an interesting crafts-focused project, not too easy, but not too hard. We’ll cover workspace setup, tool safety, cutting, shaping, heat bending, gluing, deco and finally mounting for presentation. When you’re done you’ll have a great objet for presentation or gifting.
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Extra: for some background on figure mashups, check out our article The Art of Doll Hacking
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