Medusa Part 1

Making Medusa

Part 1

 It all starts with newspaper, tape, and a crazy idea to make a life-sized Medusa

Make a big newspaper ball for the head and some smaller ones for the mouth and other things

Loosely tape up the newspaper balls

Paper mache the newspaper balls

Make some teeth and claws out of Sculpey Clay

Bake them on a cookie sheet

Cut open one of the small newspaper balls and glue on some teeth

Cloth mache around each tooth.  This adds structural support and makes the gums.

Carve up the head until it starts looking like a skull.  Make some holes for the eyes and mock up the nose.

Put in the mouth and tape it in place

Make some fingers - cut some wire hangers, wrap them in newspaper, and tape them up.

Make some snakes - twist up some wire hangers, wrap them in newspaper, and tape them up.

Paper mache the snakes

Cloth mache the snakes and hands

Cloth mache the rest of the face, add some paint, twist up a bar of electrical conduit into a snakelike shape, and mock up different poses until you find one that looks freaky.

Use plastic conduit to make the arms for the freaky pose

Cut open each snake's mouth and reshape the heads so they look cool