Description of work: Pamlico was created out of my love for the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The "Pamlico Sound" is the largest lagoon on the east coast of the U.S. is a habitat for millions of water fowl. It's majestic appeal gave birth to the idea of Pamlico. As I created her, my mind escaped to this nautical area. Imagining her frolicking through the shallow, brackish waters, and surfacing just before washing upon the shore.
She began with 1 toothpick that developed into her lips. Gradually this grew into hundreds of toothpicks speading horizontally to create her face. Her trunk took shape over the next few months. Placing each toothpick side-by-side, molding, glueing, and bending each, gently, to create her arms, hands, and tail. Thousands of scales had to clad their way from tail to neck. Pamlico's scales, alone, used 32,250 toothpicks. Her hair was pain stakingly formed by creating small breaks to create the wavy, tossled look that she bears. Eighteen months later, I present to you, "Pamlico" |