mrwaterslidesark
mrwaterslide's Polar Bear II
The back left leg. Here you can see clearly the principle on which the legs were constructed. The dark board is a 2 X 4 that was part of a music stand that one of my apt. complex's former tenants had thrown out at the dumpster. It had been out there at least six months, and I had looked at it and wondered why no one ever threw it in the dumpster. This leg is being lifted to come forward. The bear is in the process of walking. The two side 2 X 4's I found at the curb at the house two doors up. There were eight of them, and they were all cut to the same length. I didn't think about it much, but this happy accident proved crucial in the design of the next part of the bear. I had always wanted to build a bear that came apart. If the bear was one piece, and if he was life-size, there was no way I could get him out of my apartment. And then early on I realized that the bear was going to be a component of mrwaterslides Ark, and that he would travel, and that he would have to fit in boxes. So early in the design process, I settled on nine separate pieces to form the bear: the head, the four legs, the platform, front body, back body, and rump.
mrwaterslide's Polar Bear II
The back left leg. Here you can see clearly the principle on which the legs were constructed. The dark board is a 2 X 4 that was part of a music stand that one of my apt. complex's former tenants had thrown out at the dumpster. It had been out there at least six months, and I had looked at it and wondered why no one ever threw it in the dumpster. This leg is being lifted to come forward. The bear is in the process of walking. The two side 2 X 4's I found at the curb at the house two doors up. There were eight of them, and they were all cut to the same length. I didn't think about it much, but this happy accident proved crucial in the design of the next part of the bear. I had always wanted to build a bear that came apart. If the bear was one piece, and if he was life-size, there was no way I could get him out of my apartment. And then early on I realized that the bear was going to be a component of mrwaterslides Ark, and that he would travel, and that he would have to fit in boxes. So early in the design process, I settled on nine separate pieces to form the bear: the head, the four legs, the platform, front body, back body, and rump.