An original mixed media sculpture using up-cycled materials carefully chosen to build this sculpture which also uses paper maché, including found objects such as watches, gears, a glass vacuum tube, small motor parts. There’s even a small library of tiny handmade books, a compass and little spinning globe. My favourite part is the little elephant riding a tricycle motorcycle on a big fly-wheel. Ever feel like this is your brain..I certainly do! Always something whirring away.
A fun side note to creating this piece, while I was making it, I picked up my best friend Laura one day to go run errands, and I said to her, well today we need to find an elephant riding a bicycle for that sculpture I’m working on. Her reply was ya, sure, no problem lol. Well darned if not a couple hours later I’m literally running down an aisle at a thrift shop with this little elephant on a trike motorcycle in my hand. Look look..
It wasn’t a bicycle, but still perfect for what I was looking for. Sometimes work just comes together like that. Of course I added a bit of paint, and gave it a helmet for safety, as well as a brightly coloured circus umbrella for fun.
A unique conversation piece for your eclectic home.
this sculpture is approximately 12x9x18” tall
