The large lovely in the upper left is a house centipede. We call them hairy bugs at our house. If you live in an old house these guys are probably your friends as well. Cats love 'em, almost endless entertainment, but in the end none escape the paw of death.
...stepping out of the elevator.
Today's blog is brought to you by beasts from a 25 ft' x 50 ft' pest control company's training room mural and the associated ~2ft' 3-D models. I think the president of the company wanted to make sure if anyone was sleeping during the training sessions at least they were having nightmares.
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| rodents... |
Imagine the sculptures hanging from the ceiling and crawling on the painted walls. that's the installation. not sure why i didn't take a final install photo. enjoy cringing.
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| yellow jacket.. |
The next two images show how each sculpture evolved; a free drawing with approx. dimensions noted to start, then cutting and carving a foam block with my kitchen knives, followed by whatever grit sandpaper was lying around. Once the pieces had lost the block shape they were assembled on armature wire. Modeling paste creates texture and some structural support. Its mostly like finger painting in light cement. Tools are overrated.
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| blood feeders... |
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| a flea... |
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| a stored product pest (they get into your dry cereals) |
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| roach |
...a fly and an earwig.
the end.
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