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Salmon of knowledge - Taiwan parade

This is a float I made as for an Irish parade in Taiwan

The character is based on the Irish tale "the salmon of knowledge " where Fionn caught and cooked this magical salmon that, when eaten would be given him all the knowledge in the world

I made the body out of Bamboo, I cut the body into different sections so that the fish could swivel when I moved it, giving the illusion it was swimming.

Cutting it up also made the fish look more like a meal as I could expose its inner flesh, I then added different algorithms and equations that floated around it to look like thought bubbles

I first carved the head from styrofoam

I first carved the head from styrofoam

I made the skeleton of  the body out of bamboo

I made the skeleton of the body out of bamboo

each section could independently swivel

each section could independently swivel

as the salmon was cooked I to be eaten I wanted  the inside meat to be shown

as the salmon was cooked I to be eaten I wanted the inside meat to be shown