Tail Progression: Construction

Now the separate pieces had been coloured the tail was at a stage of completion; all was left to do was sew the two parts together, make any adjustments necessary and embellish it.

The top image shows the simple process of sewing the finished fin piece into the inside of the tail, underneath the bottom row of scales to the join would be hidden. Before this was done a line of sewing was fixed across the tail fin section to stop the wadding from coming out, as can be seen in the previous post.

Once all construction was done, a mixture of PVA and glitter was dotted across the tail in places that would catch the light, or wouldn't look too clumpy next to one another. The excess was shaken off afterwards. Then Charlotte and I sat down and between us glued down shells and sewed on sequins in little clusters in thought out compositions, so again it wouldn't look messy or too busy in one area.