Sunday 29 July 2007

Blenny finnished - and moving on to more fishies!


















Ran outside in between rains the other day to get some photos taken

i shoved a window cleaning tool (used once to clean windows before the rubber fell off it) up into tompot blenny's head, so i could hold him up for picks. think he is a boy, anyway ... who knows? i havent modelled too closely.





NEXT! a puppet cuttle fish, so i stripped down the blenny wall and changed it for a fresh piece of paper and some useful googled images. i worked out how to do the cuttle fish ''frill'' on waking, which is nice, and involved drawing round a side plate and making something which looks like an awful shirt collar. Opened out and pinned the outer edge undulates beautifully a bit like a full skirt.




Finally, as if i dont need a change from making fish, a challenge from Tami and Wendy from Teddy Talk to make one of these ...




so i drew this ....

and then made this ... which happens to be a bag with a zip under its chin :-)

and heres the local paper - saturdays - with a double page spread detailing the sea fest but not my puppets and costume yet ...

4 comments:

Caroline B said...

The blenny is fabulous - well done! Can't wait to see the cuttlefish, and the bag is really cute. I can't believe how prolific you are!

LisaAP said...

The blenny is fantastic!!!!! Where do you find the time to do all this stuff? :D

Anonymous said...

love the fish and would love to trade links with you! Will have to chat about those books too

Clothmatters said...

I love your creativity! What a talented artist you are. By the way....Blenny is absolutely magnificent. I love puppets.

Connie