I wanted to show how the legs were made . Dowels, 3” cardboard mailing tubes and tape tubes.Then shot full of foam.

Finally the legs are straight , sawed the legs off one at a time at the upper thigh (do giraffes have thighs? ) .Now it’s time to start shaping the torso .

My friend, Vern- sent me this charming video . Watch it as it is wonderful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=uFxnBrO9n7o

I can no longer move the giraffe by myself .

So-one giraffe is  hanging from the ceiling - which was quite a feat -thanks Tom.

You will notice that the legs are at the wrong angle - looks like he is leaping .That is one of the problems of working on a table .

Off come all 4 legs , yet again .I am amazed by how strong paper mache is .

One thing that I had been wondering about was insulation spray foam . There used to be a spray foam shop off of I-5 where they had a display of monsters made of foam. Time to try it . Foam worked perfectly for the skinny legs .I used 3” mailing tubes and masking tape tubes , taped them up and then shot the foam into the tubes in sections.In the middle of the legs there is a 1 1/2” dowel.

I will be happy to get those damn legs on correctly so that I can start the actual body shaping .

Well , after spending almost 2 weeks trying to figure out to deal with the stability issues.

I finally have a plan- off with their legs .. That’s right .

So long to construct - so fast to saw off 

I’ve inserted wooden dowels to help bear the weight  - the torso is close to 60 lbs - and is proving to be quite the feat to move on and off the table.

So the plans is to finish padding and taping the front legs - then the back legs.

The hooves will have several layers of plywood in the bottom so I can drill the standing giraffe on to a platform.

One giraffe will be placed in an office the other will be outside in a public place .

I have to be certain that neither will topple over .. No they can’t be attached to the floor 

very easily.

I welcome any and all suggestions, comments etc .

So far I have used 2 gallons of White Glue,12 boxes of Elmer’s Glue paste,  3 rolls of contractors brown paper, 45 rolls of 3” masking tape , 7 sheets of poly styrene , rolls of newsprint , 2 rolls of cardboard , 2 rolls of chicken wire.And counting .