Cyclops Goldfish

The Story: After years of raising millions of ten cent goldfish in their stores, Petsmart realized they had a problem. After far too many generations of fish and far too little genetic diversity, these low cost goldfish started to mutate. The size and teeth came first. These fish started growing ten times their normal size in a matter of weeks, and thin sharp teeth started growing in their mouths. These goldfish were once sold as a feeder fish, but now they were the ones eating all the other fish. And then the really weird mutations started happening, like in this particular one-eyed cyclops goldfish. The Petsmart corporate offices were at a loss at what to do with these monster fish, but then someone finally had the bright idea that solved the problem. Sell them to fast food restaurants for fish sandwiches...

The Details: I made the goldfish almost entirely out of paper mache. The body is made from recycled newspaper dipped in glue, then covered with tissue and painted. The eye is printed onto photo paper and the teeth are toothpicks. For more details, read on...

Step 1 Paste

You're going to use lots of glue to make a paper mache fish. You could go the easy way and buy a gallon of Elmer's glue, but I prefer to make my own paste out of flour and water. Fill a container with some flour. Add water and mix until the flour is pretty dissolved. I don't have a specific ratio that I use. I've found the paste could be thick or loose, and both consistencies work. Experiment and see what you like better.  Feel free to play with additives to the paste as well. Some people use salt. Others add soap. I've tried it all and haven't found much of difference.

Play with the paste and see what you like. There's no one right way to make the glue for paper mache...

Comments

[young skipper]

Nice papier mache. Very cool instructables. I wish you the best in the contest.