Flotsam & Jetsam
Completed
Jaw detail
Filling the inside of the head with expanding foam.
Adding fibers to the interior of the latex before it tries.
Applying the liquid Latex
Applying the liquid Latex
Plaster mold assembled and ready to go
Plaster mold assembled
Plaster mold assembled
The plaster mold
Sculpting of the head. Thank you to Gideon Hay for teaching me how to do this!
Assembled and painting in progress
Painting in progress
Skin on, ready for painting
Put the skin on the eel!
Making sure the seam is neat
Adding padding to the body so the ribs don't show
Attaching spine to head
Foam assembly
Fabric 'skin' to glue on to the eel's body structure.
Foam patterns
Foam patterns
These eels were created as part of the Ursula costume. They are made from latex, foam, fabric, and paint. They are articulated so as to be able to 'swim' horizontally when hung from invisible wire behind the eyes and 2/3 of the way to the back of the body.
Flotsam was featured in the Museum of the 2015 IMATS in Vancouver.