Making the Prototype

Fins
Painting the fins- using the textile paint was really easy to blend the two colours together.
*From this technique I can teach the children what the word blend is, and how to do it with paint.
I want the scalloped edges to be yellow and the main base to be orange. This will give them more depth and more realistic to the Fire Fish, rather than be one solid block of colour.
I was really surprised at the drying time. It only took 15-20mins for them to dry out. This means it shouldn't make too much mess in the classroom and hopefully it will mean we will be able to move onto other things.

   Headdress
Once all the separate parts were made and cut out it was really quick putting them all together.
By making two separate templates I can take them into the school and stick them up around the classroom so the children can choose which one and copy it onto the front of the headdress on the mask part. Three colours- green, orange and gold can be used and they can choose how they use the colour.
Again I used the textile paint for the prototype. I also used Watercolour paint. The watercolour paint did not work at all it did not dry so i had to try and wipe it off. Instead i used acrylic paint and though it took longer to dry than the textile paint it was a bold, strong colour which would be waterproof in case the weather was not good on the day.
The Plasterzote is waterproof and lightweight so I used this for the main base and the strands coming off the top of the headdress. These are really bouncy so I will add more on the final headdresses.




















The other shapes on the sides were created by cutting out curly wave shapes and sticking bits of green and mauve blobs onto this. They were then laminated and cut out then glue gunned onto the top of the headdress by bending the bottom 1cm to create a base. For the children's headdresses I am going to add glitter into the laminating pouches so that it will be more shiny and hopefully reflective in the sun.