Friday, May 15, 2009

HOOD ORNAMENT FOR THE NUGE




So a while back I built a small foundry. I then proceeded to destroy it with excess heat.
The second edition foundry is soon to be up and running. The last project I poured was this aluminum antler. I liked the idea of taking an object that you would normally see in some rustic cabin in the woods and give it a new spin. When removed from the normal context, the result is something a little more streamlined. Less "Field and Stream" , more "Popular Science".


The antler is cast from recycled aluminum, the streamlined form it is attached to is fabricated from an old aluminum road sign.

No Fossil fuels were burned in the casting process. This foundry runs on vegetable oil.