How to Build a Bird's Nest & Cold Porcelain Clay Eggs (New Recipe!)

If you've ever stumbled across an empty bird's nest you'll be fascinated by the expertise put into one.

I had the privilege of building some plasticine eggs and coconut eggs several
year's ago for an nation-wide experiment at a museum. We used coconut fibre wrapped around tennis balls, gloss enamel and plasticine.

For this objet d'art instructable, I tweaked it using simpler materials.

Keep reading to find out how to make a  'found' bird's nest using coconut fibre pulled
out of an old couch and painted cold porcelain clay eggs.

Step 1 Building the Nest

Things You Need for the Nest

Coconut fibre
Stick
Toothbrush

I pulled a bag full of coconut fibre from an old mattress. You could find coconut fibre at hardware shops as well which are usually used to pad hanging planter baskets.

Wrap the coconut fibre around a stick then brushed the strands with the toothbrush to encourage them to weave together. (I'm not sure it would hold a real bird, but this makes a curious objet d'art).

I then brushed on a thin mixture of pva glue and water underneath to further strengthen the nest.

Later, I mixed some gouache colours and flicked and dab the colours on with a toothbrush.