An old fish tank turned on its side made a great little light-box for photographing the plasticine heads. A curved sheet of black paper made a nice inside background for the piece, and some kitchen greaseproof paper covering the sides and top served to help diffuse the light nice and softly within the box.

I was able to experiment with light with the use of the camera flash, the angle poise lamp and the natural light behind the black-out curtains, which could be adjusted as needed.