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VIDEO. Create a magnificent piece of GISHWHES or Elopus-related art and have it displayed in a gallery art show. The video should show the gallery space, patrons attending the show and viewing the piece. It must be a real art gallery - not your living room attended by friends. - Shannon Vincent57 POINTS

The Elopus is Gishwhes' mascot this year. Each year they have some odd smush animal as their mascot. A crow/rat, a wolf/rooster (Wooster) and the Elephant/Octopus, Elopus.

I found a crappy, cheap but fairly realistic octopus toy at Value Village, then used Model Magic clay to shape it's head into an elephant, plus gave it a tentacle trunk and covered all of the other tentacles to look the same. A little acrylic paint and voila! An Elopus!


I printed out a little 'name tag' thing for him, then took him to the Winnipeg Art gallery. They were lovely, and helpful, getting a pedestal for him, and making sure he looked just right before filming. So nice to get an immediate and enthusiastic yes for a change!
Here's the vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18XvZAKGGJI&feature=youtu.be
You can't really read the tag, but it just says "Elusive Elopus Tripperfunster Acrylic and Model Magic"