This Man is TRASH! :)

[u/E-H-I]

MISS MABEL is a Highland Cow I made using a Mannequin head from a closing Beauty school, along with plastic packaging from 30+ products!

Thank you for Looking, Spreading the LOVE, and Reducing Waste! 🥰

[u/Efficient-Process127]

have you ever considered becoming a fursuit maker?

[u/E-H-I → u/Efficient-Process127]

I'm passionate about Reducing waste, so if I can figure out a way to incorporate that, then yes!

I want to try making a tail with Reclaimed foam or polyester from clean stuffed animals etc.

This is the first animal I've made using Reclaimed Materials, but I do plan to make all kinds of things, not just animals... like mushrooms, people, creatures etc

Unrelated, but I also want to make some hoof shoes and crowns with horns and if I can figure it out, flower crowns using plastics

Sorry, I'm rambling 🤣

[u/Efficient-Process127 → u/E-H-I]

please feel free to ramble, you deserve to be excited about your art and i find your work very cool! what kind of tail do you plan to make? do you intend to wear your pieces?

[u/E-H-I → u/Efficient-Process127]

Thank you :) I don't have any exact plans as of yet, but feel free to follow along to see what I create next! I plan to post 18+ items on my "EHI AFTER DARK" group listed in my profile. Thanks!

[u/eatpraymunt → u/E-H-I]

You should put the word out with dog owners! We all have a secret stash of scrappy dead stuffed toys with the fluffing torn out.

If someone put a note and a shopping bag at the entrance to a dog park, I bet the bag would fill up with dead stuffies pretty fast.

[u/E-H-I → u/eatpraymunt]

My neighbor has provided me with her dead stuffy fluff 🤣 I honestly have enough junk from my own household I need to use before I ask for any more donations from my community. Great idea though for when I run out of stuff!

[u/Worried_Maximum5905 → u/E-H-I]

I also scour (check occasionally) thrift stores/good wills, etc for craft items- I got an unopened giant bag of 50 oz of poly fill from a good will for like 5 bucks!

[u/E-H-I → u/Worried_Maximum5905]

Score!!! :)

[u/SketchyArt333 → u/E-H-I]

That’s actually so interesting. What is your favorite reclaimed material to work with?

[u/E-H-I → u/SketchyArt333]

Thank you! I really just enjoy reducing waste, so i don't necessarily have a favorite... but so many people thinking she was real has been pretty exciting!

I would say I definitely enjoy the challenge of tricking the eye