Eggshell Artist (1964)

Hampstead, London. Housewife artist Verna Hitchcock makes art out of broken eggshells and animal skulls pretty impressive. Begins with shot of Verna putting something made of egg whites in the oven. She then washes some eggshells. Verna sits at a large desk where she works on a large picture made in a mosaic style using tiny pieces of eggshells. C, U of the picture. Verna has become a bird expert through searching the countryside for broken eggs. C, U of an artist s palette with a small animal skull standing on it. Verna decorates animal skulls too. C, U of eggshell picture. Then shots of Verna s art on the walls of an art gallery. A young girl admires the pictures. Various shots of different pictures. Verna s new idea is making pictures out of pieces of coloured light bulbs. We see a picture of a parrot made in very bright colours. Ends with shots of some of Verna s painted skulls. Portraits on the wall, that s old fashioned now you have to get a painted skull on the mantelp