day 5

Today the update is I'm working. i put more cups on toby, put some weight in his rear and he stands on his own. here are some pictures!

Day 4

Today I worked on finishing the shape of Toby. I bought 500 more yards of plastic wrap putting the total at 600 square feet of the clear goodness. I wrapped it around the pencil rod so much that you couldn't see it anymore and it was sparkled white due to the plastic wrap's consistency. I built up the plastic wrap around the head and belly to create a little bit more of a form than the pencil rod allowed. Once this was complete and the structure looked smooth and magical I added a bit of the sliced solo cups to the structure and played around with adhering them to the body. This turned out a little different than planned, and I'm working to get it how I'd like it. Here are some pictures.

Day 3

Today I brought in a variety of types of clear plastic. I was initially thinking metal but after pricing what it'd cost and looking at my bank account, idecided that I needed an alternative. I went to three different stores tolook for colored clear solo cups, but to my dismay they only had the solid colored and clear colored ones. Once I decided to grab the clear ones, i also grabbed clear plastic silverware and plastic wrap. Ideas spiraled in my head about options what to do with these ranging from melting the silverware onto Toby to create his form, to covering him entirely with plastic wrapand melting it. One idea was to cut the cups into spirals and spiral them around his form possibly painting them later- which was the winning idea. I sliced the tops and bottoms of the cups off andcut them into spirals. I got a package of 24 and found that I will need at least four more packages. I also covered Toby in plastic wrap in hopes to diffusing the visual stye of the metal under the clear cups. In turn Toby is beginning to look sparklie and mystical - which was the goal. here's some process pictures - i can't adhere the cups until I have bought and applied the rest of the plastic wrap that I hope to form Toby with.

Day 2 Toby

Today I've begun thinking about different types of coverings for Toby. Last tuesday Santiago and I spoke of different ways to keep Toby sustainable outside. This included covering him with metal sheets and painting the sheets the different colors. I wasn't exactly excited about the shiny smooth covering, but thought it was a start. I imaged this looking like a precious moments giraffe with its bubbly edges and soft face. I do NOT want to make a precious moments giraffe. I've been looking at different ways to cover metal structures and have stumbled upon a wide assortment of sculptures. I like the irregularity of the coverings and would like to combine their ideas into Toby. Here are some photos of what I'm talking about. The shape of the objects have been made by layered metals. This creates a texture among the forms that I especially adore. I was thinking something like the first photo, but on Toby.

Toby the Giraffe

Today I decided to document the work of Toby day by day. This is what happened on day 1. I drew up some ideas then made them out of wire. I then picked the best design and made it out of pencil rod.