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Gishwhes item 75
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"
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"