This eagle-head staff was sculpted for a fourth year student's science fiction film project while I was in my third year of university. This was an introduction into my first props-making work - the design required the head to be removable in order to switch on and off the battery pack for the glowing eyes. The head is sculpted from oven-bake polymer clay with a silicone inner to hold the battery pack and finished with polyfilla, primer, gold spray paint and acrylic paint wash.