Tree 111 - Foamex Offcuts

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I like putting materials that would otherwise be thrown out to good use.

Tree 110 - Foamex

This was another tree that did not turn out as well as I imagined it would.  Foamex is a material that will bend when heated.  You heat it with a hairdryer or a heat gun and use some kind of former to bend it into shape.  You have to be careful because if you try to bend it too forcefully or you have not heated it enough it can snap.

This is where some careful planning can be your friend.  I didn't really plan out how I was going to bend this at all and so I didn't have any proper forms to help make the shapes I was trying to make.  This meant some of my branches snapped and others just didn't really budge into any kind of good shape at all.

Tree 109 - Styrene

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Playing with shapes in 3D.

Tree 108 - Pompoms and Fringed Wool

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This is another tree I really like and think would be good for stop-motion.  It's really simple as well.  Just a few pom-poms and wool on a wire frame.

Tree 107 - Embroidery Thread

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More left-overs from college.  Planted in an old tea light.

Tree 106 - Magazine cut-out

I can't remember what the magazine was or what the festival that I think this was advertising was but I just loved the colours and the shapes and had to repurpose them.

Tree 105 - Pen and Shapes

You might be getting (a correct) impression that I quite like doing doodles.  They are really great if you don't have a lot of time, space or materials.  All you need is a surface and something to mark it with and away you go.