Unicorn Restoration

More of my fantasy statuary appears in this gallery:

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This is a cast plaster unicorn that I found in a secondhand shop in the middle of nowhere. It had no horn. There were several chips in it. It also had a big cavity in its center where the mold had not been completely filled. On top of this it actually had dirt and moss growing on it after being in a garden as a lawn ornament.

After cleaning it and drying it in an oven, I filled in the holes with urythane foam, Bondo and epoxy putty. I drilled out the plaster eyes and replaced them with blue fiberoptic glass beads. On their sides, the beads look like goats eyes.

I turned an icicle Christmas ornament into a new horn. Over this is grey primer, hammered bronze and satin gold spray paint.

photo (c) John P. Alexander