Bronze Rhino
Our family always enjoyed a huge soft spot for rhinoceros. In the early 1990s, we helped save the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust from financial trouble after their founder David Sheldrick passed away. Our two girls grew up with two adopted orphan rhinos, Magnus and Scud. Frequent updates on their progress were always eagerly anticipated. I recently found out that a dear friend, Ross Perot Jr. had done a tremendous amount of work in Namibia to protect rhinos from poachers. He also has a large ranch in Texas, that is already graced with some large bronze animal statuary. It occurred to me that this confluence of interests would allow me to explore two things I'd been curious about: low polygon representation of objects, and bronze casting.
I was fortunate to find some interesting work based on the mathematics of origami, which I extrapolated to a rhino. I moved on to print a wax model, which was used to cast a small bronze maquette for the eventual larger sculpture. With the assistance of the talented team at Art Foundry in Berkeley California, I was able to produce a large sculpture that has found a wonderful home in the courtyard outside Ross's office at the Circle T Ranch.
I was fortunate to find some interesting work based on the mathematics of origami, which I extrapolated to a rhino. I moved on to print a wax model, which was used to cast a small bronze maquette for the eventual larger sculpture. With the assistance of the talented team at Art Foundry in Berkeley California, I was able to produce a large sculpture that has found a wonderful home in the courtyard outside Ross's office at the Circle T Ranch.