Art
Life-Sized Great Horned Owl Sculpture By Patricia Moodie
- Item Number
- 163
- Estimated Value
- 600 USD
- Sold
- 240 USD to bh82cfd9d
- Number of Bids
- 3 - Bid History
Item Description
"About 7 years ago I became involved with a non-profit organization that strived to increase the involvement of recycling in Fairbanks, Alaska. They eventually became the largest electronics recycling center in interior Alaska. For a few years, I volunteered with them and scrounged through the various electronics to take home and dismantle. I tried to take the parts and treat them as shapes and textures to make art pieces. The acrylic sheets that make up the screens was beautiful, but it took e a few years to figure out what to do. I started making floral lamps and then moved on to making birds using the plastic for the feathers.
About the piece:
With all my art I try to recycle wherever possible. To make life easier, I could buy almost everything, but that would defeat the purpose and challenge. Therefore, what you have is made up, mostly, of used items. Most of what I use for my birds comes from the screens of computers and TVs that have been brought to the dump for recycling. The screens are comprised of multiple layers of acrylic. There are wide variations in thickness, translucency, and optical properties between the different manufacturers. It is this acrylic that makes up the feathers. After cutting to shape on a laser cutter the feathers are painted, shaped and glued in place.
The bodies may be made of rigid foam insulation, spray foam, wood, copper tubing, wire, or anything else that I can adapt to make the particular body part. This owl should be ok outside but should be protected from the wind so he doesn’t take flight!
For ease of transport, the wings lift out of the two small holes and the body lifts out of the base."
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Item Special Note
**For local pick-up only. Not available for shipping.
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