Work in progress #3

Now I have two feet and legs.
(Digits will be replaced/added later.)
I have begun work on the underbelly:

I think I will have to seriously consider the centre of gravity of this artistic work.
I will also need to go and buy some glue.

"Two more packs of Swan Vestas matches, please ... and a tube of UHU!"

Work in progress #2

Now, about that 3-dimensional swan:
I have made a start with one foot.

Three toes point forwards, one backwards.
I believe there should be a fifth digit, (perhaps vestigial,) somewhere higher up the limb that remains to be constructed.
The other foot should be easy.

I will enrol for a course in avian anatomy tomorrow.

I googled for an image of the real thing:

These birds can break an arm with one swipe of their wing.

I was very frightened, so I searched again and found this:

Now I am petrified!

Must go to the shops now; I've run out of matches.

Work in progress #1

I seem to have acquired a considerable collection of empty match boxes.
I was wondering how to use them creatively.
Here's my first attempt ...

I AM A SWAN!!!

Eventually I hope to make this three-dimensional, but I will have to burn a few more matches first.

About Swan Vestas matches ...

I wonder if anyone else has made this observation ...
Swan Vestas matches aren't what they used to be!

1. They scatter sparks in unpredictable directions causing tale-telling burn marks, (as evidence of your disgusting habit,) in whatever clothing you are wearing.

2. "Average contents - 85." I have never counted them but, by the time you've ignited 32, the striking surface on the box has worn out!

I think I'll chop off the ends, discard the box, and take up matchstick modelling ...