Building a T-Rex
2023
Screen printed and laser cut plywood, assembled with brackets, nuts, bolts, and hanging hardward
99” by 72” by 26”
Using basic Adobe software, I scanned the sheets of a wooden 3D dinosaur puzzle. Using image tracing, scaling, and large scale signage production, I recreated the puzzle to a larger than life scale, treating each piece by intuitively screen printing a floral pattern onto it. The result is a sculptural print piece that sits somewhere between a display in a natural history museum and a children’s museum sculpture.
This work draws inspiration to my research on roadside and coastal attractions of strange nature. This includes, the history of larger-than-life monuments that often depict natural history and pop culture as advertising and selling points.
Proposal blueprints and documents included in the gallery.
2023
Screen printed and laser cut plywood, assembled with brackets, nuts, bolts, and hanging hardward
99” by 72” by 26”
Using basic Adobe software, I scanned the sheets of a wooden 3D dinosaur puzzle. Using image tracing, scaling, and large scale signage production, I recreated the puzzle to a larger than life scale, treating each piece by intuitively screen printing a floral pattern onto it. The result is a sculptural print piece that sits somewhere between a display in a natural history museum and a children’s museum sculpture.
This work draws inspiration to my research on roadside and coastal attractions of strange nature. This includes, the history of larger-than-life monuments that often depict natural history and pop culture as advertising and selling points.
Proposal blueprints and documents included in the gallery.
