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Islay my public sculpture is 33 years old

It’s 33 years since I designed and built the public sculpture of Islay for the Royal Institute of Deaf and Blind Children. Islay is a 60 centimetre bronze statue of a Queen Victoria’s favourite pet, a Cairn terrier named Islay. The statue is propped up on a sandstone wishing well outside…

Visual aids and props ideas

The use of good visual aids like models and props is one of the best techniques for adding interest, humour and variety to your marketing campaign. People remember more of what they are told if the experience is multi-sensory, rather than just listening to spoken words or reading printed words…

How does a model maker approach a new job?

One of the great things about model making is the excitement generated around each new project. As a model maker, I appreciate the fact that my work is varied. Each assignment brings with it research, skills, materials and building techniques that were not necessarily used on the last job. Each…

Mould Making

Watusi has many years experience in fibreglass moulding and has worked with a wide range of industries. Fibreglass moulding is a process in which fibreglass reinforced resin plastics are formed into useful shapes. Watusi provides moulding products and facilities at a reasonable cost. Many of our customers return because of our…

4 ways advertising can attract consumer attention

The quality of consumer attention has been falling for decades, and consumers find product information on the web rather than on TV these days. That what’s Thales Texeira, assistant professor in Harvard Business School’s Marketing Unit, explains in his intriguing working paper on the need for creativity in marketing: The Rising…

Giant skeleton

It is unknown why scientists have remained silent about the discovery of a giant human skeleton found in ancient burial grounds in the quiet Sydney suburb of Mosman.

Claptrap from Borderlands

I have made Claptrap ice boxes for Borderlands. Claptrap is a CL4P-TP general purpose robot.

Who let the dogs out

A fun project to promote dog food.

Voyage to the Deep with the Maritime Museum

This year, Watusi was thrilled to be involved in helping bring to life the creative mind of Em Blamey, the Creative Producer of the National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour who last night launched the exciting exhibition “Voyage to the Deep: Underwater Adventures”. Based on French author Jules Verne’s 1870 classic…

Blast from the past: stop frame animation

“Justin Robson is the Sydney-based artist behind this work of genius – painstakingly assembled, evolved and dismantled frame by frame in the pre-computer special FX early 1990s… now that’s perfectionism. Brilliance at work.” Angafan, Youtube