Nests

I was commissioned by SAW Gallery to make a few nests for their Animal House exhibition that opens this Saturday,  link to  fcbk grp. 

First, I made a sculptural form chicken wire and plaster/fabric swatches combination. 

For the first nest, a Sun Bird, a little bird from Malaysia, makes nests from detritus and garbage and often uses bright and colourful materials to attract a mate.   This nest is pretty tiny, maybe about 1' long. I collected scraps from the streets and fields and for a few moments, felt like a bird looking for nesting materials.  I added the bird at the last minute, and with a little beak job (not in this photo), looks quite like the real Sun Bird

For the Weaver Bird nests, I found this product called coco liner that is used to line flower boxes, and it is the perfect Weaver Bird texture material.  I covered the forms with the coco liner and turns these nests into nooks that I'd like to take a nap in.  Sweet!  These ones a much bigger, the larger one is about 4' long. 

The exhibition runs to end of September, so there's plenty of time to swing by and take a peak at all the animal art. Link to SAW Gallery site.

Comments

[Lori]

These are amazing!!

[tania]

i saw your nests in the paper!!!
so awesome!
:)
xo

[karina]

what paper, where?

[Tif]

Yeah, what paper, where? You have done it again, K! I absolutely LOVE the first one...