Aysa Heffernan

Check out my fish finger. Giant Oarfish before I sent it to its permanent home in the frame. Its really difficult to photograph the shades of green, purple and pink it has shimmering down the body. I tried! Can't decide if I should make a shrimp for the next one..

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The Giant Oarfish (Regalecus Glesne). Although this one is around 2 inches long (: fun little sculpt. Has been on the "to craft" list for many years. Ever since catching one on Animal Crossing tbh.

Most people who identify as "she", aren't normally sat in the position to notice what they're pissing on midstream

Today I finished my Atlantic Silver Hatchetfish (Argyropelecus Aculeatus). Its not exactly a miniature, I don't think. They get up to around 70mm so this may be more an actual size. They look stupid AF head on. Plz Google it 🤭

I like the smell of it too. Smells like tea leaves

Fanfin Anglerfish (Caulophryne Jordani). She's very much in the works still, with lots to do alter. Tedious, but she's worth it.

Playing with lights trying to figure where to place them. Need to find a few more deep sea dwellers to make that aren't too dauntong. This was a little bit more challenging than some, but still not impossible. The worst part was finding good enough reference images.

#sciart #sealife

The Loose Jaw Dragonfish (Photostomias Guernei). At least I hope it is. Reference image searching got confusing. A mix of actual images and diagrams. I did my best. He's beautiful and he will attract his Valentine + dinner tomorrow with his red bioluminescence ♥️

Sweet dreams x

Made a start on the next evil 1.5cm head.

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They were so delicious! Mega pain in the bum to make cause it takes soooooo long, but worth it. Come over x

Possibly! Google image result is flooded with screenshots from a short clip of it

The high res photography underwater throws me off. I'm old

Smaller than I thought too! Before I read up on them, I assumed they would be around 12 inches or so

That'd be freaky

Oh my gosh 😭 that'd be super cute! Thank you x

No, the other way around. Real are bigger. I just like making fish in small scale

These are Micropinna Microstoma and on wiki it says the max known length is 15cm. Assuming the photos of these I used as reference are of it in adult stage, this would be ~4 times smaller than IRL (:

I finished wiring up my African Lionfish sculpt and its ready for rehoming when I complete the series (: super happy with it!

Chicken cup

Chicken cup

Chicken cup

Chicken cup

Not into bunnies (who are you??)
Here are some chickens!🐓

Barreleye Fish (Opisthoproctus soleatus). Jelly for brains. Jelly in front of brains? Idk. Have wanted to make this guy for a looooong time. Good experiment. Great deep sea fish.

Don't be mean to him 🥺

Rosy Coffinfish [Chaunacops Roseus]

Messing around with bulbs and batteries. I think Lionfishie looks right at home here (:

#sculpture #acrylicpainting

The finished African Lionfish miniature sculpt. Will be set in a frame soon along with some more weird fishies 🐠🐡
#sealife #marine

African Lionfish (Pterois Mombasae). In the middle of painting this lovely little darling now and thought I'd share a snap.

Today's news: Danger in the oceans.

Molly, 5, was on her was on her way to school when she was attacked. Molly says her attacker had beady eyes and called her slurs such as "Fish Uncrustable" and "built like a dinner plate".

🦭💕🥪

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Thank you 🤭🐡🐡🐡

I've been making little pufferfish friends. Small and round is the best shape.

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Some minis I did years ago. The skulls are by Siobhian (pale&interesting) and the rest by me. I love making little bobtail squid 😍

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Safe travels, little one!
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Haha thanks! This was an easy fold tbh, just time consuming