The Tentacles

I spent some time wondering what I could do to make the tentacles, but then I thought that I could use some polystryrene tubing and some wire. I pushed the thin wire through the polystyrene tube and then bent I could bend it into whatever shape I wanted. Pretty smart! Some tentacles were curly, others were bent slightly and some were just straight.

My Mask

I have started my paper mache and it looks great. The tentacles were hard to paper mache, because they are so squiggly and it was hard to get my hand around them. My mask isn't hard yet but hopefuly by the next coat of paper mache, it will start to get harder. The tip of the octopus' head isn't smooth, so I will have to put more paper mache over it, to smooth out the little gaps in it and to bring it all to the same level.

What I Have Done on my Mask so Far...

On my mask I have finished the head shape of the blue ringed octopus and have almost completed the eyes of a bubble eyed goldfish. The eyes need to be more round as they are square around the outside and flat on the top. Hopefully next
lesson I will fix the eyes, make the mouth of a green trees snake and start the paper mache.