CLIENT PROJECT || Making & photographing

Successes

- Using scrunched up foil as the base of the antlers was really effective. It means that the antlers are really light and it was also really easy to mould.

- The copper worked really well, especially with the hot glue.

- The end result is really effective, in my opinion. With some advice from my Mum I was able to balance the greenery really well, making both sides relatively even without being unorganic.

Could do better

- The glue did not hold. I used regular tacky glue, and even though I feared it would not work I did not go and buy something stronger. As expected it did not even hold the foil antler pieces together. As a result I had to rush out to HobbyCraft and buy a hot glue gun. This was a huge waste of time and I should have tested my glue beforehand.

- I should have smoothed out the mod rock better. There are still a lot of patches where the 'holes' in the woven material are visible. There are many lumps and bumps where pices begin and end. I should have paid more attention to these areas.

- I could have painted the antlers better. I am not sure that the colouring is accurate to that of real antlers. I should have studied deer antler colouration and texture more closely.

I then recruited my friend to be my model, and we went into a wooded area in our local park to photograph the antlers.