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Category: bethie's world | Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:24 pm

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Sometimes you just Want something. I woke up one day and longed for a Pighead. You know the feeling. I go right to taxidermy on e-bay and start bidding on a taxidermy pig form. He has teeth and tongue but no ears or eyes. Still I love him and soon he arrives in a box on my doorstop. Hubby is surprised and pleased to make his aquaintance.

I decide to glass him all in shades of blue off one big sheet of glass. I cut the glass and then sort it into shades. We get eyes and ears and attach them. Now the pig can watch his own creation. He has kind eyes.

Hubby loves spirals so I make sure to include a few.

I want to make him like a carousel pig. Fun. It takes a good while to get him glassed. He will take a lot of taping off to keep the grout out of his mouth. We go with gray grout and hubby does his thing. When the grout cures the cleaning and scraping is done.

He has a spot on the dining room wall all picked out for him so up he goes.


He's such a Happy Pig.



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kuntrygal wrote on Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:56 pm:

'Mr. Pig' is the cutest thing I have seen you do. He has so much character and does indeed look so happy. Are you going to give him a name? I'll be smiling everytime I thing of 'Mr. Pig'.

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toni wrote on Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:39 pm:

He is really cute, he looks like he is very happy to be where he is. In the last picture you can almost hear him saying 'pet me'

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Droopy wrote on Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:40 pm:

You do magic with those mosaic bits of yours, Bethie, I'm awestruck. Mr. Pig looks perfect! I love his expression.

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eileen wrote on Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:36 pm:

Bethie your pigs head looks so beautiful now you've worked your magic on it. "You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear" is an old saying but you can certainly make a pigs head into a real work of art!!

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glendann wrote on Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:31 am:

That is wonderful.Your art is wonderful as usual.

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Muddygrrl wrote on Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:52 am:

Another fantastic artwork. Bethie! Now I am wondering, hmmm, taxidermy forms on Ebay? I wasn't even aware of such a thing! You are an inspiration as always!

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Jewell _2009 wrote on Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:07 am:

Bethie, this is incredible! I love the design

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