art of unemployment 1: Vegan Cow

Quitting my final service job in order to devote a couple months to grad school preparation was not without its dry consequences. I do not want to do my portfolio all the time, nor can I make myself do it. Along side my responsibilities to express myself well enough for my top-choice schools, I've begun several art projects to keep my mind in the sanity zone. Here is a sample: Vegan Cow.



Vegan cow sculpture uses one of the most plentiful materials known to me in the upper midwest: Common Bluegrass. Yes, lawn. In order to raise a cow, it needs around 167 lbs. of grass per day (25 lbs. of dry matter). I used substantially less. The sculpture is based on a unit system, the unit being one blade of grass, each being braided into long strands and held together with tension (thread). The process was time consuming and done in a few choice places representative of my unemployment: the park, the bed and the bus. Finally, it became a gift to a vegan friend, a perfect expression of folly on raw energy, time and the consumption of grass by livestock.