10/09/11
This week I have had to step up the pace a bit, due to the real Rhino's need to go inside to sleep over the wintertime.
I have started filling out the Rhino's form and building the head; this part is where the sculptures real character becomes apparent.
Then the next plan of action is to apply a wooden set of horns, a chain tail and some flat steel ears.
Once this is done the sculpture will be weaved with Hazel whips, foraged from the Zoo parks very own plantation, which is used for browsing fauna to feed the animals, including the Rhino's themselves...quite appropriate for the piece really!
The Rhino's need this type of browsing to keep them healthy, as the tannin in the bark stops them from getting liver problems which are bought on by the climate where they live.
Once this is in place the Rhino Sculpture will be moved towards Basecamp, which is next to the field where Rukwa lives, who the piece was based on, in preparation for the exhibition to take place in October.
This week I have had to step up the pace a bit, due to the real Rhino's need to go inside to sleep over the wintertime.
I have started filling out the Rhino's form and building the head; this part is where the sculptures real character becomes apparent.
Then the next plan of action is to apply a wooden set of horns, a chain tail and some flat steel ears.
Once this is done the sculpture will be weaved with Hazel whips, foraged from the Zoo parks very own plantation, which is used for browsing fauna to feed the animals, including the Rhino's themselves...quite appropriate for the piece really!
The Rhino's need this type of browsing to keep them healthy, as the tannin in the bark stops them from getting liver problems which are bought on by the climate where they live.
Once this is in place the Rhino Sculpture will be moved towards Basecamp, which is next to the field where Rukwa lives, who the piece was based on, in preparation for the exhibition to take place in October.
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