This lionfish is approximately 23" long, 17" tall, and 7" from the wall and weighs about 3 lbs. I sculpted it from polystyrene foam, plaster, and epoxy resins. I carved the details by hand into the plaster, and carved the fins by hand from HDPE plastic from recycling plastic buckets, from HDPE sheets, acrylic sheets, or a combination of these materials. It is reinforced with fiber mesh, and steel wire. It is comparable to a fiberglass replica in every way. It is light, strong, and easily hangs on a single nail via the hole in back at its center of gravity. While the translucent fins were carved from acrylic sheets, and are somewhat brittle, the large fan-shaped fins were carved from HDPE plastic that I sourced from the bucket that the plaster that I partially made this fish from, and is flexible and makes this far less delicate than it might appear.
