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A STORM

- Taking NYC Halloween parade by storm ;)

(click the photos for more descriptions of my process)

Storm summons storm

Feel the shock

My worst enemy Morton Salt

La Catrina & La Tormenta

More rough testing

Foam I had lying around cut into rough cloud shape

Sound activated twinkle lights in the batting

Sewing Batting to foam with test head

Kam snaps!

Cloud test #1

Rain lights

Lots of El-Wire

You gotta strip the outside casing to reveal the thin wires which form one lead and then scrape the phosphors off of the core wire to get at the second solderable lead.

Custom el wire needle

The el wire sewing pattern

Threading the El-Wire

Using tape as guide for further sewing

El-wire sound activated sequencers

Pretty

The backpack

Blowfish

"1st Place" Winner

- Middle East Halloween Costume Contest, Cambridge, MA-

Deflated

Don't rattle me!

side

bubble butt

The "orange slices"

Lots of sewing

The fabric tested on the frame

The foam head

Testing the head on my head

The head fabric

The eyes

So many spikes

The velcro tabs

I won 1st place!

Peacock Spider

Aka Maratus volans Aka this little guy

"Best Individual Costume" Winner

- George Tekei Halloween Costume Contest -

Peacock Spider!