Introduction: Sinking Amoco Cadiz Hat

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I play in a band and every year we play in a big birthday disguised party

This year's theme was 1978. We had to find a collective theme. We chose the Amoco Cadiz shipwreck and oil spill, which took place in March 1978 and spilled 220,000 tons of oil on Brittany's beaches! As I play the bass saxophone and it can sound like a ship's foghorn... or the ship's cry of agony, I was challenged to do the Amoco Cadiz. Challenge accepted in papier-mache!

But there is a drawback… there's a bit of inertia on the head, and that limits your ability to dance

Supplies

The hat is made of papier mache

To make it you need

  1. a bike or skateboard helmet to use it as a mold
  2. paper
  3. cardboard
  4. adhesive tape
  5. wallpaper glue
  6. paint

Step 1: First Layers on the Helmet

To make it, I used a cyclist's helmet as a support. I wrapped it in plastic film so that I could remove it from the mold, and applied a first layer of paper glued to the helmet with wallpaper paste. I had some help, Charles was very interested in the activity

Step 2: Cardboard and Tape Structure

I then made a horizontal section in cardboard on which I stretched tape and fixed cardboard to make the hull and I stuffed tape to make the bulb

Step 3: Cover With Paper

Then, I covered the whole thing with paper, in several layers

Step 4: Deck Equipments

For the deck equipment, I again had the help of Charles

Step 5: Test Before Painting

At this stage, I've been able to try it out, and you can already get an idea of what it's going to look like

Step 6: Painting

Then came the painting stage. I did a first version with the red bulb like the original boat, but I thought it looked a bit too...masculine

The final version is grey


By thé way if you are interested in my other projects you can visit my web site (in French) :

olivierbricole.fr