Trumpeter swan diorama.(At the former Prov.museum of Alberta.)

            Going through my archives I came across one of my most favourite diorama's. I designed the foreground and painted the background in 1980. There are many challenges involved in making such a large diorama. The most difficult part is to make the three dimensional "foreground" blend in with the two dimensional painted "background". In this case the vegetation of the sedges.They were made from paper with a wire protruding at the bottom and placed in a foam underground.The nest was collected from a sight after the swans had finished incubating and the cygnets had fletched.The specimens for this diorama were obtained from the Can.Wildlife Service, not killed for the purpose of this display.The adult was a power line casualty, the cygnets had died from a chemical imbalance of sorts in the water. I was fortunate to get them otherwise it would just have been the swan incubating on the nest. Needless to say the taxidermy is of the highest quality.
The dimensions of such diorama are as follows.
The width is 16 feet , the depth is 8 feet with rounded corners with a domed ceiling 12 feet high.
After everything was put in position it took almost 70 gallons of polyester resin, poured in place in layers over several days to give the illusion of water.
The location of this lake was near Grande Prairie, AB.
   

Taken on: December 2, 2015

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