Drill Baby Drill
The Narwal has always been one of natures more peculiar creatures.
This one is portrayed as perhaps a little more menacing than they would appear in nature. I think all of the bad news pertaining to the Deep Water Horizon oil spill of 2010 may have “leaked” into my consciousness while making this piece. The waves seem slicked with oil, and the creature itself seems equipped to have caused the mess. Maybe it wasn’t our fault after all.
Every element was found — scrap yards, second-hand stores, dumpsters — then cleaned, stripped, sorted and rebuilt. Found aluminum is TIG-welded and sanded seamless; nothing is cast. The electronics are salvaged from consumer devices, repaired and rewired so the piece does something when you touch it.
Materials
Everything in this piece had a previous life. Nemo’s own inventory, in his words.
Radio cabinet, portal window, fresnel lens, hair clipper, guitar tuners, corkscrew, decorative paper, magazine clipping, LEDs, motors. misc metal parts.
