https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/pistachio-shell-diy • Posted by Gitanjali M.
I’ve done a Pistachio shell Peacock. But there is a twist. Yes, the twist is that I’ve used the Pistachio shell only to make Peacock feathers. The rest part is made from paper. And you know what, you don’t have to struggle to buy the materials required to make this art. You can use things from waste/used materials also. The frame which I’ve used is made from chocolate box which I had got on Diwali festive. For making paper flowers,you can use old calender papers. You can make this art for school exhibition or can decorate your room. To know more, just follow the steps and make your own art.
I’ve done a Pistachio shell Peacock. But there is a twist. Yes, the twist is that I’ve used the Pistachio shell only to make Peacock feathers. The rest part is made from paper. And you know what, you don’t have to struggle to buy the materials required to make this art. You can use things from waste/used materials also. The frame which I’ve used is made from chocolate box which I had got on Diwali festive. For making paper flowers,you can use old calender papers. You can make this art for school exhibition or can decorate your room. To know more, just follow the steps and make your own art.
For background, collect a paper which you will find inside the new clothes or you can use simple paper.
Now dilute the fevicol with little water.
Using brush, apply it on frame.
Paste the paper which was mentioned on step 1.
On a rough paper, draw the outline of inside frame. Now draw a circle and peacock on that paper.
Take a plain paper and cut it out of the size of inside frame. Then draw a circle as done in rough paper.
Cut the circle.
Color the paper with black color.
Using tracing paper trace the peacock on drawing sheet paper.
Now cut out the peacock.
Flip it towards front part.
Color it with acrylic color.
For making crest, cut out some paper in the curve & circle form. After fixing them to peacock’s head,color it with acrylic color.
Now make designs on body part using pen & acrylic color.
Fix the peacock on the frame using glue but don’t glue the neck part. Leave it.
Now attach the paper which you made at step 8 using double sided tape.
It’s time for using Pistachio shell. Layer-wise glue the Pistachio shell.
Color the shells using green colour.
Make design inside the shell,as peacock feather.
Cut out some paper flowers, branches & leaves using paper cutter and colour them. Give some texture to flowers & leaves using your fingers or stick.
First start from top part and first fix the branch.
Then fix flowers. Like this,cover all the side parts with branches, flowers & leaves.