This is the first official “tiny assemblage” commissioned work, titled “Outside the Tent.” The only parameters I was given was that it had to contain a camel. Not having one at my disposal, I got one on ebay…this is how it looked originally:
A rather pink camel
Now this is charming in its own right, however I didnt think a pink camel would work in this particular instance. So I spray painted it gold, and then painted over with some umber and silver.
Added some sheer brown fabric to the background which gives it a desert-like feel, with an umbrella set up over a makeshift box-tent-thing.
Now this is a Bactrian camel, which has two humps, versus the more familiar Dromedary camel, which has one. The Bactrian camel is indigenous to Central and East Asia, so this fellow would be roaming the Gobi desert versus the Sahara. Just so ya know.
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LarZ
November 23, 2010 at 9:03 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
sweet. nice interplay of spheres and gears
Meredith
November 24, 2010 at 8:23 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I LOVE IT! Takes us back to our alma mater, back in the Gobi.
Scott
November 24, 2010 at 8:58 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks Larz and Meredith…haha Meredith that is right!
thirza
November 27, 2010 at 12:27 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
that’s a beautiful bronzed beast, however you look at it
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