Testimonial: Bluefin Tuna, National Gallery of Scotland

Client: Jeremy Hunt Design, London
Date:  27th May 2011
Value: Confidential
Detail: Click here to view project in detail

Dear Sarah

Although the Bluefin Tuna has quite small scales for such a large fish, I definitely wanted to achieve the appearance of the scales which the visitor would see when looking closely at the model. Hand painting this would be almost impossible as there are thousands of these and they are so mathematical in placement and appearance. It would have taken weeks by hand.

From a small vector file I gave Laser Cutting Services we experimented with different size scales in both plastic and paper materials. They were very helpful providing these samples for me to experiment with and understood the challenges of the job. A plastic substrate was finally chosen, which I applied with spray adhesive and airbrushed through. I then carefully removed this mask leaving the effect of fine scales showing. They were then able to multiply this by tiling a small section together to provide me with a large roll of laser cut stencil.

Thanks again for all your help and rising to a difficult challenge.

Jeremy Hunt

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