Dead Chicken Prop Process
This prop was used in a stage production, The Welkin.
The goal for this prop was that it needed to look like a dead chicken and be pluckable, reset and used for several shows.
Credits:
Designer - Siyi Qian ‘Chelsea’
Director - Hannah Noone
Paper sculpture of chicken shape
Chicken feed sculpted with oven bake clay
Pining pattern made from paper sculpt
Sewing the individual limbs together
Thigh filled with rice for weight, clay leg stuck in with UHU glue
Marking out where limbs need to be hand sewn onto the body
Sewn on limbs
Sculpt of chicken head made with oven bake clay
Head stuck into neck with UHU glue
Latex Rendering
Adding skin bumps with thickened latex
Adhering removable feathers with hot glue as this makes the feathers pluckable with minimal damage to paint job
First thickened latex layer
Rendering with acrylic paints mixed into latex
Finished Chicken