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Hannah Rawe

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Small Animals

I made three 20x larger than life sized mosquito models for the new Gilder Center at AMNH: Anopheles gambiae, Aedes egypti, and Culex pipiens.

I sculpted and cast this magnified Dinoflagellate and Angler Fish for the Creatures of Light exhibit in 2013.

Using one mold of a carapace (the top shell of a turtle) I sculpted, cast, re-positioned and painted multiple turtles for the "!Cuba!", and the "Unseen Oceans" exhibits in 2017 and 2018.

An interactive in the "Senses" exhibit in 2018, placed the visitor in the "shoes" of a hungry Pit Viper.  To find the prey, they were given a heat detecting camera.  I sculpted a life sized Common Iora, Long Tailed Tree Rat, and Common Shrew, and with a series of material tests, figured out how to evenly heat the sculpted critters from within so their body temperatures were visible, and their body shapes recognizable on the visitors' screen.  I then painted the animals light green to camouflage within their stylized, monochromatic environment.

Mosquitoes for AMNH Gilder Center
 Anopheles gambiae: Cast urethane, steel, epoxy, boars hair, vivak, magic sculpt, acrylic.
aedesHero.jpg
culexHero.jpg
dinoflagellatePortrait.jpg
anglerdisplay.jpg
Hawksbill turtle-2.JPG
GreenCrittersSenses.JPG
IMG_0288.jpeg
culexpipiensHand.png
MoscoBodies.png
CulexWings.png
IMG_8926.jpeg
IMG_8320.jpeg
DinoWithDeck.jpg
Drake.jpg
CLayDrake.JPG
ClayDrake2.JPG
DrakeGrainINsert.JPG
DrakeMold.JPG
AnglerFishProgress.JPG
DSCN1592.JPG
TreeRatHeatTest.JPG
CommonIoraClaywithRefs.JPG
TreeRatClay.JPG
CommonIoraClayHand.JPG
CommonShrewClayWithRefs.JPG
GreenShrew.jpg
Hawksbill turtle-4.JPG
NaturalHawksbillOffice.JPG
HawksbillClayBottom.JPG
HawksbillInMold.JPG
HawksbillEyes.JPG
HawksbillFace.JPG
NaturalHawksbillUnderpainting.JPG
PlainHawksbill.JPG
MinimalHawksbill.JPG
BoldHawksbill.jpg
DottedHawksbill.JPG

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