.......this is my 2014 summer project for Hiliadou...the beach where I spend my summer holidays.
.......he is made with newspaper,masking tape and layer upon layer of strips of brown paper for strength and to give a bronze colour finish effect...
.......once I had the general form of the body I wanted I then split the body into two halves and removed the newspaper from within.....first the head (see photograph http://www.facebook.com/pages/Prokopis-Paper-Mache-crafts/499627616724777?ref=hl) then the torso and the legs....to hollow the body was to keep it as light as possible....
.......I made the fish from a mould using the same technique and the base on which he stands is cardboard which I have strengthened with strips of the same brown paper....I have secured both his feet to the base...
......Pls note...the varnish I used (yacht varnish...which you cannot find in matt...)was not my first choice....although I did mix talc with the varnish to lessen the gloss effect...moreover I needed something to protect the fisherman from the damp, sea spray and generally the extreme weather elements.....
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