Faux safari trophy
28 Sep
I’ve had an idea for a long time that I wanted to do a “faux animal trophy”. I’m not necessarily a safari enthusiast, but there’s something odd and comical about mounting an animal’s head on a piece of wood, so I thought, why not make one that doesn’t harm any animals and looks even funnier than the real thing?
In keeping with my mantra of reusing things, I built an armature out of scrap wood and junk screws. The armature has a base that is the shape of the “cross section” of the animal’s neck. My plan is to build out the piece using paper and cloth mâché and I’m not sure if I’m going to make it realistic or funny, but the result should be a lot of fun.
Armature for the the giraffe
I’m also not sure if I’m going to steampunk it or not…we’ll see! Clearly, you can see that my “safari animal” is a giraffe and it’s about 5 feet long! Yup, that’s going to stick out into the room a bit! Fortunately, it’s not going to be too much of a head banger because it heads up towards the ceiling as it goes out into the room, but what an impression it’s going to make! I’ve turned to picture below so you can see what I mean about it heading up as it goes towards the ceiling.
Giraffe; “hanging view”
Let me know what you think. Would you make it serious or funny?