07/09/11
Throughout the week I have been weaving the Rhino frame in preparation of finishing on Friday, as the Rhino shed is going to be renovated prior to the Rhino's return for the Winter.
With some help from my relatives, we collected a mass of Hazel, so I could crack on with the weaving process. I found the thicker pieces hard to manipulate, so there was a lot of cutting, bending and brute force to apply the heavier pieces to the frame.
I used a sharp pair of secateurs, a pair of loppers, a hammer and a pair of gloves to work with the hazel.
This part of the project is exciting as the piece suddenly becomes more solid and comes to life, creating it's own character due to the organic formal elements of the Hazel that create the shapes.
I tend to look at the individual pieces of wood and try to utilise the natural forms to mirror the curves of the particular subject, which I view as abstracted parts of the Rhinos anatomy.
Whilst I am weaving the frame, I reflect on the piece and take photographs so that areas do not get over worked and keeping aware of where the weight falls and the skin folds undulate.
Now the piece is essentially finished, I will move it out of the shed to take photographs, which can be processed into postcards, for the park to sell, with the help of Pure Arts Group.
The piece will then be moved down into the arranged site at base-camp on Tuesday 11th with a trailer, where I will attach it to the floor using horseshoe type pins and then add a little more weaving to the legs to finish it off and hide the pins.
.....I hope Rukwa will like her new friend next to her paddock...
Amanda x
Throughout the week I have been weaving the Rhino frame in preparation of finishing on Friday, as the Rhino shed is going to be renovated prior to the Rhino's return for the Winter.
With some help from my relatives, we collected a mass of Hazel, so I could crack on with the weaving process. I found the thicker pieces hard to manipulate, so there was a lot of cutting, bending and brute force to apply the heavier pieces to the frame.
I used a sharp pair of secateurs, a pair of loppers, a hammer and a pair of gloves to work with the hazel.
This part of the project is exciting as the piece suddenly becomes more solid and comes to life, creating it's own character due to the organic formal elements of the Hazel that create the shapes.
I tend to look at the individual pieces of wood and try to utilise the natural forms to mirror the curves of the particular subject, which I view as abstracted parts of the Rhinos anatomy.
Whilst I am weaving the frame, I reflect on the piece and take photographs so that areas do not get over worked and keeping aware of where the weight falls and the skin folds undulate.
Now the piece is essentially finished, I will move it out of the shed to take photographs, which can be processed into postcards, for the park to sell, with the help of Pure Arts Group.
The piece will then be moved down into the arranged site at base-camp on Tuesday 11th with a trailer, where I will attach it to the floor using horseshoe type pins and then add a little more weaving to the legs to finish it off and hide the pins.
.....I hope Rukwa will like her new friend next to her paddock...
Amanda x
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