Giant Dead Bird Polystyrene / Styrofoam by Sculpture Studios

So we're making a dead bird. That's it, nothing fancy or complicated. We didn't kill it, honest, we're just carving it from polystyrene at 2.4 meters long. Welcome to Sculpture Studios and this project is for the Royal Court Theatre in Sloane Square in London. This is going to be left plain white in its raw polystyrene stage so that light and images can be projected onto it. We're adding a little bit of light jazz in the background just to get away from the morbid subject and we're using our usual standard bead FR rated polystyrene starting from one of our 8 by 4 by 2 foot billets. We've used hot wires to cut it down to the bulk size and Aidan's now going to be using a smaller handheld hot wire to remove the material. He'll then use tools like nail and wire brushes to refine the shape and as this is going to have light projected straight onto the surface and doesn't need to be too heavily detailed, Aidan's not going to need to use stone. Don't draw a smiley face on it, it's supposed to be dead for god's sake. He's not going to need to use stone mason rifflers and we're going to finish this by sanding it down and leaving it relatively flat. Aidan's going to now do a bit of carving with the hot wire so enjoy. Once the majority of the material is removed it's simply a case of working in the shape of the wings and a rough suggestion of where the feathers are. This client needed the job super quick so Aidan's worked over the weekend for a bit of extra carving, what he loves doing best, so that this is all ready for pickup on Monday morning. Short video for you on this one but it's a simple job, simply executed and just a basic piece of polystyrene carving. Not all of our projects here at the studio involve complex processes like moulding and glass fibre and we know that a lot of our viewers enjoy watching this polystyrene work. Please feel free to leave any comments below as they're always appreciated and hit the subscribe button for our latest videos. You can like Sculpture Studios on Facebook and follow at Aidan Hines on Twitter and for more of our work visit www.sculpturestudios.co.uk. Thank you very much for watching.