The last time I felt compelled to build a figurine for the purposes of The Kick-About, I reached for the one thing of which we always have a lot: terracotta flower pots. Indeed, as soon as I saw these wonderful Chinelo carnival costumes – the prompt for The Kick-About No.109 – I got thinking about the surplus flower pots scattered about our garden and set about using them as the basis for my Chinelo-inspired bust.
Fabricated over a couple of days from aluminium foil, filler, flower pots and LOTS of contact adhesive, I then spend a fun hour-or-so decorating my chinelo chap with all manner of less-than-tasteful tassels and trim.
As some of you will understand, the Kick-About means I end up accruing quite a lot of ‘stuff’ – but in this instance, ‘Mr Maceta’ has found a permanent home on a shelf in the fabric shop from which I sourced all those rather wonderful decorative dangles.
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