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The Eleflate: Inflatable Plastic Bag Sculpture

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Created: 06/25/09

Last Edited: 07/19/09

Appreciations: 24

Comments: 16

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Ryan Riegner

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eleflate, inflatable, sculpture, plastic, fan, parsons, manhattan, new, school, iron, do, it, yourself, diy, d.i.y., life, size, design, ryan, riegner, d.i.y, portfolio, sculpture

Attribution Non-commercial

Fields: Sculpting

From: Ryan Riegner's Portfolio

Feast your eyes on the Eleflate, a larger than life, but yet lighter than air, full-grown inflatable elephant. First born as a mere plastic bag, this magnificently unique creature was first spotted in New York City on the corner of 5th Ave. and 13th St this past May at the Parsons School of Design. Enjoy the power of plastic!

http://www.ryanriegner.com/the-eleflate/

This sculpture has been a fascinating introduction for into into both multi-dimensional sculpture and DIY inflatables. The Ele-flate is made entirely out of semi-transparent painting tarp fused together with an iron and wax paper, all inflated by an 8″ x 8″ box fan. Yep, that’s it! Truely a testiment to the power of the DIY culture. I hope to be able to do more with this type of work in the future.