"The Sea Goddesses" is made from a rhea and tiny button quail (octopus topper). Several images were found of different sea goddesses (Ceto, Aphrodite, Amphitrite) and these were altered to facilitate the etching process. Ovals were drawn and the altered images outlines were traced. Additional details in the images were drawn by hand. The rest of the egg had to be covered during the etching process which was difficult. A kitska was used to cover the images lines with wax and each oval was repeatedly acid etched to a certain depth. Champagne gold leaf was applied on the images and additional darker gold leaf was applied to highlight some parts of the images. Swarovski crystals were applied to make their crowns. Once this was done the ovals were covered with foil and the egg painted using Lumiere Metallic green which has streaks of gold. The octopus was made from a tiny button quail by covering it with polymer clay and sculpting the rest of the body and legs. It was baked, painted and covered in Swarovski crystals. The octopus was placed to look like it was crawling down the front with a baby octopus behind it. The baby octopus is made from polymer clay entirely. The stand was repainted and adorned with crystals. Two bases were connected to make the final base.