Elephant Fever, the only cure ? Another dose!

January 23rd 2013 Julie and I collected the elephant I built for the Auckland Zoo 21 years ago, in 1992.

We were met by helpful Zoo staff who assisted with lifting the elephant sculpture, which is in 2 pieces, on to our roof rack and trailer ready for our 300 km homeward journey.

Outside the northern gates of the Auckland Zoo.

Julie and our precious load.

Harmen and his elephant

I'm relievd that the young man who made this thought about future moves during design and construction.

This is definitely her better side. The other is cut away to reveal the internal anatomy of an elephant. I plan to cover that area up and integrate her back into a fully formed pachyderm.

This is how she originally appeared when finished. That's me at age 34 on the left.

Harmen's sculpture gallery

A small selection of commercial sculpture made by me during my working career. There are many more pieces unrecorded, distributed all over NZ.

Harmen's left hand: Steel armature, polyurethane foam & fiberglass.

A special thanks here to the boys at Bootleg Design: Carl Moody, Mike Chapman, Garreth Pugh, Ray, Kevin & John. Thanks for sharing your humour at a difficult time for me.

Terminator skull: Polyurethane foam & fiberglass.
in Bootleg factory, Auckland.

Terminator Skull on Cherry picker arm.

"Fight for life" scull in action.

Felix: Polystyrene foam & epoxy glass fiber.

Toby: Steel armature, fibreglass, hemp fiber.
acrylic laquer.

Indian Elephant: Modeled on Kashin from Auckland Zoo

Polyurethane foam & fiberglass

A scan of the New Zealand Geographic Magazine Number 15 July September 1992 Pages 90 & 91. I was working as an industrial model maker, sculptor, sign writer and special projects manager for Signing on Sign writers.

Thai Golden Elepahant: Ferro cement. Epoxy paint

Boris the spider: Steel armature, Polyurethane foam & fiberglass.
acrylic lacquer.

Qantas model aircarft: Polystyrene and
silver iced birthday cake.

Qantas birthday cake.

Max o tac phone: Promo 3.D sign for Motorolla Plywood, fibreglass, perspex, anamatronics & lighting.

Welder / self portrait: retail shop front sign. Polyurethane foam, fibreglass, MDF board, polyester resin. Neon and Halogen lighting.