AMANDA TOMS
Fursuit, Prop and Costume maker
Amanda Toms is the creative behind ‘Head of Medusa Creations’ and is a fulltime professional fursuit maker based in Edinburgh, Scotland. With a background in prop and costume making, I thrive on challenging and unusual projects. Whether its making extra limbs, giant tails or weird fabrics, I am always up for the challenge!
Fursuits are my genuine passion. I live and breathe all things furry and am fortunate enough that my hobby has become my fulltime job. I can’t thank you all enough for encouraging and supporting me on my journey as a fursuit maker. It means the world and it keeps me motivated to do even bigger and better things! In 2025 I achieved something I never expected to reach and I still can’t quite believe that I got to be the Guest of Honour at Scotiacon 2025! It was the biggest moment of my working life and it felt like such a genuine validation that I am in the right place and doing what I should be doing. It was so validating and overwhelmingly lovely, everyone was so incredibly kind and its not something I will ever forget.
With every single project I aim to improve and innovate new ideas and techniques.
I will *never* fit a mould and neither will my suits! Every single one of my suits is crafted with passion, care and genuine effort. No two will ever be the same.
I pride myself on my abilities to come up with my own crafting methods and ideas. My work is always made from scratch by myself in my tiny little workroom in Edinburgh.
I don’t suit nearly as often as I would like to but I do have my own fursona and business mascot: Medusa. You may recognise her waddling around conventions with her 3 giant snake tails!
I have qualifications in a wide variety of areas within the creative arts including:
-BA Degree 'Production Arts and Design' (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)
-HND 'Model Making for TV and Film' (City of Glasgow College)
-NC 'Applied Arts' (City of Glasgow College)
During my studies I gained experience creating props for use on stage and TV, her most notable project was working on the BBC show 'Burnistoun' creating the giant standing stone for their Outlander parody alongside another of her colleagues
Notable Skills :
Sculpting, Foam Smithing, Poly-carving, Mould making, Welding, Fibreglass, Sewing, Pattern Making, Resin Pouring, Painting, Faux finishes, Drawing, Design, Upholstery, Prosthetics, Thermoplastic.
HEAD OF MEDUSA
Cosplayer and Fursuiter
Medusa has been cosplaying since 2014. She discovered her passion for prop and costume fabrication through somewhat unusual circumstances. Before pursuing a career in the arts, Amanda trained stunt horses for film and TV. It was through this that she discovered her passion for crafting with her first build being wearable horse armour.
Since then she has went on to become quite a successful cosplayer being a regular guest at conventions across Scotland where she judges competitions and hosts panels.
although HOM doesn't enter competitions often, she has won almost all that she has. Some of which include 'MCM' and 'ECC'.
