![]() However, since the chicken wire is so thin the ghosts are not glowing as brightly as we had thought they would. We ended up using 3 coats of the glow in the dark spray paint on ours. You may not think it is coating the sculpture, but it is and you will definitely notice it much more after the second coat of paint is on.ġ2.) Once the white paint has dried completely you can begin coating it with the glow in the dark spray paint. We found it helps to stand a little further back. It is a little difficult to spray paint the chicken wire as the paint just goes everywhere since there is a lot of open space on these so do your best to get them covered well. We put 2 coats of white paint on our ghosts. This is also the time where you will need 2 people to pull on the front and back of the dress at the same time to stretch out the bottom footprint and make sure the “ghost” is sitting flat and upright.ġ0.) Once you are satisfied with the shape of your “ghosts” it is time to paint.ġ1.) First you will want to spray paint them white. Just play with it till you are satisfied with how the skirt looks. You want to make the chicken wire look like folded fabric. We looked up pictures of ball gowns and wedding dresses on Google to mimic the folds of the skirts. Squeeze pieces together to create folds and pull pieces apart to add volume. This is the part where you just play with it. ![]() Here you can see the difference in the volume of the skirts as well as some of the folds beginning to take shape.ĩ.) Once we had everything tied together we began to shape the skirt. We used the 4’ height so it lined up at the waist and then went to the ground and used the 6’ length around the skirt to create volume. You can see the difference in the skirts on the finished product.Ĩ.) We used wire ties to tie the sides to each of the open sides of the skirt. For one of our ghosts we added 3’ and for the other we added 6’. We wanted them to look like they came from another time period.ħ.) At this point we had to add more chicken wire to the back in order to close the gap that is left there. We chose to have large ball gowns on our ladies. This will be the beginnings of your skirt. The back section of the top should be slightly lower than the top section (same as you would see with a strapless top or bustier).Ħ.) Once the back is tied you can begin to pull the chicken wire out and “fluff” it a bit at the waist area so it begins to look more ball gown like. You can also see the “fluff” at the waist to define the start of the skirt.ĥ.) Once you are satisfied with the top shape make sure to wrap the chicken wire around and secure with a few wire ties in the back. You can see here that the back is lower than the front to create a bustier type look. You will want to step back and take a look at the “ghost” at this time to make sure the waist looks long enough. Once the basic shape is there you can shape the bust and waist areas much easier.Ĥ.) After we had the basic shape we shaped the bust area and then began to squeeze the chicken wire underneath closer together in order to shrink it into a small waistline. This was the easiest way to begin getting the correct shape and proportions for the top portion of the “ghost”. This will help to make the piece as flat as possible so it won’t roll back on you and it makes it easier to work with once you begin sculpting the shape of your ghostly ladies.ģ.) We began by taking our flattened piece of chicken wire and sculpting it around myself. Once you have it rolled out to 6 feet have one person hold it down while the other cuts across the wire so you have one 6 foot piece.Ģ.) Next you will want to roll it the opposite direction it was rolled on the roll. ![]() You need two people to help unroll and flatten out the chicken wire. I started out doing this by myself and ended up having the chicken wire snap back at me and cut the back of my leg. Glow in the dark spray paint (we used 3 cans)Īnother person to help (this was definitely a 2 person project)ĭirections: (I will give it my best shot to make this understandable)ġ.) Begin by unrolling about 6 feet of chicken wire. Wire ties (we cut the long wire that secured our roll of chicken wire into small pieces and used that for ties)Ī pair of gloves (essential if you have not worked with chicken wire before) A roll of chicken wire (the roll we had was 25’ long x 4′ wide) ![]()
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