I want several trees in my miniature scene but I wanted one really especially scary tree. I had visions of the mean tree from the Wizard of Oz that threw his apples at Dorothy. My mom took that idea and ran with it. In one afternoon she made this tree and his brother, the happy tree, for her fairy garden.
She used a wire mesh armature, covered it in clay and started sculpting. Once she had it looking amazingly like bark, she painted it many many times to pick up all the details.
I had also mentioned that I wanted to be able to light it from the inside so she left a hole in back for that purpose!
After attempting to make a few trees of my own (pictures coming soon) I am SO glad she took this one on herself!
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