Academy of Sciences

I was asked to replicate the world's largest flower, the Rafflesia, for the Academy of Sciences. This is an interactive exhibit where the middle of the flower releases the scent of "dead body" every five minutes to visitors..it's a carnivorous plant and eats beetles and other insects. I built the flower itself out of foam, fiberglass, resin, and polyurethane glue for the texture, as well as acrylic paint. The diameter is about 3' and stands off the wall about 2'.