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Making Wire Frame Canvas Decoys |
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Post-head Canvassing |
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Now pull the canvas over the previously tacked section as tight as you can and secure it. |
| If you did it right, you did, trust me, it should look a little liek this... |  |
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The front of the bird is pretty much done. As long as your canvas is not too saggy the painting will tighten it right up. |
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Time for the tail.... Draw a Y on your cavas as a guide for cutting. Cut it along the line and be careful, a mistake here is really hard to fix. |
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Usig carpet tacks, copper or brass are preferable, tack down the top of the tail. |
| For the underside, fold the cloth under itself and pull tight till you get the look you want. |  |
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More tacks... |
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Left meets right.... Both sides meet along the profile and a nice finish is made by folding the top piece under itself |
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When finished it should look something like this... |
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Hope you like stappling! Start stapling at the break of the canvas and staple close to each other all around the bottom of the bird. |
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Beggining |