I want to sculpt a replica of Mount RUshmore, 200 times the size of the original and make it a tourist attraction. What material should I use, if it is to be durable and cheap? I have a hundred dollars to spend.
2006-09-22 06:57:36 · 7 answers · asked by gee_whillickers 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Sculpture
i think youve been inhaling to much glue
2006-09-22 07:06:37 · answer #1 · answered by halpinator36 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The cheapest I can think of (though you 100 bucks won't get you far) would be to work with plastic tarps. Weld the plastic together so all the seams are air tight, and once blown up will form the required shapes. Buy, borrow, steal a compressor. Have it blow your sculpture up. Probably will take a couple of weeks. While it is doing that figure out some way to anchor it really, really well, cause if it gets blown away you get in trouble. Buy a good liability insurance BEFORE you start.
And if you build tunnels inside and ropes ladders for people to climb you can let them roam around in the inside, which would be cool.
2006-09-24 05:04:55 · answer #2 · answered by convictedidiot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not just carve it outta stone like the original.....this won't cost anything. i'm a little concerned of the size you mention though....you would need to own a mountain. Was that a mistake? I am also thinking that there would be "rights" to duplicating something like mt rushmore if you actually want to use it as a tourist attraction...do we really need 2?
If you are in fact making something smaller try clay or candle wax
2006-09-22 07:24:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you seen the original? I don't think there is a mountain big enough to carve one 200 times the original. South Dakota already has the tourist attraction. If you can't get there to see it, read up on it. It took a lot more than $100.00 and years and years to complete.
2006-09-24 05:41:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean 200X's larger? Wow! Where you going to put it?
Or do you mean 1:200 scale?
I'd use Plaster of Paris, then faux paint it with paints.
I'd drive across the country to see yours, forget the real one!
2006-09-22 07:03:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
200 x the size? Refigure your budget; 100 bucks won't cut it.
2006-09-22 07:02:49 · answer #6 · answered by Floss 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mud, old tires, garbage. You can get them for free.
2006-09-22 06:59:55 · answer #7 · answered by flirpityflirp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋