Glass Squirrels

For my final in 3-D class, we got to use the glass studio to do sand-casting with glass. I made 5 squirrels out of glass. The final assignment was to create something with glass that related to architecture in a parasitic way.

I placed my glass squirrels on the ground in the emergency exit in a stairwell at Tyler. They didn't photograph very well in their intended location. This image is of just one of the squirrels in the Salon De Refuse (the last show for Freshmen at Tyler).

I wanted the building to be the parasite of the squirrels. This was based on an experience I had in the fall, where I found a squirrel that had been hit by a car and was still alive. The squirrel died shortly afterwards. At the time, I had recently started to photograph the birds that were dying from window strikes on campus. The city environment of Temple's campus was new to me, and I disheartened by the affect the city had on living things inside of it. I made this piece with that memory in mind.