wire sculpture and paper art: Dodo Sculpture on Paper Tuffet
More wire sculptures by Polly Verity can be found at www.polyscene.com
Work in progress: Wire and Paper Sculpture of a Dodo,
After Tenniel from his illustration for Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'.
Here the Dodo is about to take flight from his paper chrysanthemum.
Lewis Carroll's (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's) use of the Dodo in his book is a reference to himself, he had a stutter and very frequently pronounced his name "Do-do-dodgson".
Materials:
Silver wire, acid free tissue paper, copper walking stick
Technique:
Small pliers are used to manipulate the fine wire, wire is wrapped around wire at every join. Eventually this process creates a wireframe creature, the wire describing the contours and the outline. Finally, fine paper is applied sized and wet. As it dries it becomes taut like a drum and forms the translucent skin.
The dodo stands on a paper flower tuffet that is created using a ancient Chinese modular money folding technique. Hundreds of the same miniature origami pattern are folded up and these are slotted together to make the paper chrysanthemum. No glue holds the flower together.
photo: CS Stevens
wire sculpture and paper art: Dodo Sculpture on Paper Tuffet
More wire sculptures by Polly Verity can be found at www.polyscene.com
Work in progress: Wire and Paper Sculpture of a Dodo,
After Tenniel from his illustration for Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'.
Here the Dodo is about to take flight from his paper chrysanthemum.
Lewis Carroll's (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's) use of the Dodo in his book is a reference to himself, he had a stutter and very frequently pronounced his name "Do-do-dodgson".
Materials:
Silver wire, acid free tissue paper, copper walking stick
Technique:
Small pliers are used to manipulate the fine wire, wire is wrapped around wire at every join. Eventually this process creates a wireframe creature, the wire describing the contours and the outline. Finally, fine paper is applied sized and wet. As it dries it becomes taut like a drum and forms the translucent skin.
The dodo stands on a paper flower tuffet that is created using a ancient Chinese modular money folding technique. Hundreds of the same miniature origami pattern are folded up and these are slotted together to make the paper chrysanthemum. No glue holds the flower together.
photo: CS Stevens