Glass eyes

Separate top and bottom jaws to work on

Nostril rebuilt with expanding foam

Eyes and detailing added

Whilst claiming back material expenses, I noticed the charge for my eyes from the taxidermist was significantly above what I had anticipated. The eyes have a value of $13.80, but the overall cost of delivering these to the UK from America came to £28, charging me £41 in total. Fortunately, I was able to claim this back from my client but I would definitely look into a greater range of sites, or make my own if I needed glass eyes again. After talking with someone in my class also making a model dog, I found that there is a glass eye company based in the UK, at glasseye.com. By using this website, I would have saved about £10 as the eyes themselves are more expensive.

This image shows how the inside of the mouth has began to be sanded back, Each ridge was traced with a scalpel and roughly cut out. I have then used a series of small raster tools and rough sandpaper to create these indents.