With this increased time-at-home, I have been itching to do a kit-something that is interesting to assemble, customizable, and makes a product that I would actually want in my home. I was thrilled, THRILLED when Michael got me the Timberkit Drummer for my birthday.
I knew I needed to paint a lot of the parts prior to assembly, so I had to decide who this drummer was going to be. Who would I want a representation of sitting on my shelf, who also has a distinctive enough “style” for me to approximate? Michael suggested Janet Weiss, and as a big Sleater-Kinney fan, I knew it was the right choice.
The Timberkit drummer’s head comes with a very distinctive hairstyle, which wasn’t going to work for a JWA. Michael used a Dremel to round out the head. I forwent the laser cut facial features provided, instead using googly eyes and drew on a mouth with a paint pen.
We had a bit of a discussion surrounding how to handle the hair- we considered embroidery floss, artificial hair, felt, just painting it on, and the yarn you see. We felt the yarn goes well the the folksy style of a wooden automaton.
I’m not sure how to post a video of the automaton in action, but it’s very cute, I promise (I do know how to post it on instagram).