March 21, 2009
Main Contractor : Koda Creative
Coral display for small reef fishes.
Recently completed, is a small project at The Hancock Natural History Museum, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK for IAT. The museum is undergoing a multi-million pound re-fit and is due to open in May ‘09. We provided hand carved rockwork and coral effect theming for twelve aquariums and vivariums.
Above, you can see a coral reef tank complete with artificial coral inserts. Also on the agenda were displays for bearded dragons, axoltls, dab lizards, horseshoe crabs, cuttlefish, royal pythons, green tree pythons, corn snakes and desert hairy scorpions.
October 1, 2008
Main contractor : Koda Creative
Helsinki Zoo is built on an island called Korkeasaari (high island) and is connected to the mainland by a bridge or you can catch a ferry from the city harbour. It is a very old zoo with some fantastic finnish architecture and also some more modern additions.
We have just completed a River Amazon display featuring an artificial muddy river bank complete with exposed rocks and roots. The section of river is 7 metres long and will house fish species indigenous to to South America.
The display is part of a large jungle style hot house that is home for many tropical bird and animal species including a Hoffman’s Sloth (our favourite) and some toucans (very noisy).
This is a view of the finished riverbank theming. Some of the roots hide spray bars and overflows and the tree stumps coming out of the water (when it is filled) help tie in the trees in the the background.
We also built a ‘fallen tree’ in the reptile pool for the caimans and turtles to climb on and bask under some heat lamps.
Here Tom applies the scratch coat to the fallen tree.
Here I am painting the finished theming with an acrylic based paint.
