Jackdaw Bird Statue Hand Cast Resin Figurine

Length: 27 cm/ 10.6 in Width: 12.5 cm/ 4.9 in Height: 18.5 cm/ 7.3 in Weight: 1491 g/ 52.6 oz A three-dimensional bird figurine made of resin. Handmade & hand painted. It is an artistic perspective on the educational value of decoration & home ornaments. It displays a genuinely stunning artistic effect. It will give a pleasant artistic touch to your home interior. It blends well into a decorative surrounding of a nature education centre or classroom. A perfect gift for a bird-lover, a nature geek or someone who appreciates art, beauty & craftsmanship. It has been made in approximate scale of 1:1, hence it represents a real life size bird figure. However, it is not a pure & simple replica but rather an imitation of the bird serving both artistic & educational purposes. The bird statue is made of mixed resin & talc, using a handmade silicone full mold. It was painted by hand with high quality artistic acrylic paints & fine tip paint brushes. The creation of this superb bird statue is a complex process that consists of five stages, namely: 1. modelling the bird in Plasticine (a brand of modelling clay made from calcium salts, petroleum jelly & aliphatic acids) 2. making a silicone full mold 3. hand casting in mixed resin & talc 4. tooling & polishing 5. painting by hand with acrylic paints. The Western Jackdaw, also known as the Eurasian jackdaw, European jackdaw, or simply jackdaw, belongs to the crow family & is found across Europe, western Asia & North Africa. The jackdaw lives in small groups with a complex social structure in farmland, open woodland, on coastal cliffs, & increasingly in urban settings. They are highly gregarious & are generally seen in flocks of varying sizes, though males & females pair-bond for life & pairs stay together within flocks. Flocks increase in size in autumn & birds congregate at dusk for communal roosting, with up to several thousand individuals gathering at one site. The European jackdaw is vocal & can be trained to speak, & whilst it can copy the human voice well, it is usually limited to just a few words or phrases. The jackdaw occasionally appears in literature & folklore. in ancient Greek & Roman tradition it is considered narcissistic & foolish. in some European cultures it is said to predict a new arrival or foretell rain. Jackdaw Bird Statue Hand Cast Resin Figurine