3-D Art & Nuclear Rabbits....

Believe it or not this bunny started out to be a cute art piece, an armature and plaster concoction. It ended up just a tad different!


Since it was the first time trying out this particular art process, I was not too confident in my abilities. We all (my classmates & I) decided what animal each of us would create and began winding our wire armatures. We were required to cover the armature with cloth and plaster. Well that was not so easy. The cloth has to be tight and the plaster must be thin. Getting the cloth around the armature and slopping on the plaster turned into a real laughing matter.


I decided my rabbit went from a cute armature to a sad, sad plaster rabbit! He sure looked like he had a hard life. The more I worked with him the more he took on a "tortured soul" aura. I remembered how as kids we used to talk about how big and ravaged nuclear animals might be (part of the cold war thing) and... TAAHDAAH...suddenly I knew who he was. He was my "Nuclear Rabbit" created from long ago fears and present day reminders of those days.

Maybe someday we will all be blessed with PEACE ON EARTH and "Nuclear Rabbit" can REST IN PEACE.