Bushmaster AR-15 Assault Rifle made from Hurricane Sandy Beach Trash

I gathered all of this plastic trash from the beaches after Hurricane Sandy and stared at the pile for a while, wondering what to do with it... I was on the brink of taking it all to the recycling center when the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School happened and I decided to turn it into an AR-15, Be on the lookout for the Glock,  the Sig Sauer and body armor in the works.  Note the Details like the Pacifier as the shoulder hook, the shotgun shells as the clip and you can actually pick it up and aim it through the baby shovel handle.

Bushmaster AR-15 Made from Beach Trash washed up by Hurricane Sandy

A FLOCK OF (six pack) SEAGULLS

The "Flock of Seagulls" is in the creation stage!  I have created 5 new Six Pack seagulls as well as a nest with eggs, these will be a part of my installation, "A Flock of (sixpack) Seagulls" Hopefully to be finished and installed by Earth Day.  In order to create consistency and symmetry of the animals, I built a "pegboard" to stretch the wire frame of the birds.  

©Rossa Cole, Pegboard for stretching Seagull Frames

Here are some iphone shots of the completed gulls.

©Rossa Cole, 5 new gulls

©Rossa Cole, 5 new gulls with nest

And here is the nest with eggs, the frame is made from wire coat hangers:

©Rossa Cole, Six Pack Seagull Nest with Three Eggs

For this gull, #6, I used wire coat hangers for the frame and fishing line instead of zip ties to attach the six pack rings.

©Rossa Cole, Coat-hanger frame detail

©Rossa Cole, Wire Frame Gull

I am hoping to get to hang them at the Javits Center, here are some rough renderings I have created:

©Rossa Cole-Javits Renderings

Of course I would also like to put them in atrium's and lobbies around the city and world.  Please contact me if you have any installation location ideas (or contacts) you would like to share!

rossa@rossacole.com
I am also designing a workshop for schools, artist or eco groups where participants can create their own Gull  (info below)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QTZt7limnedBQ550fzduQSZh5Ml6TOEa7k_grOG-MDk/edit

Thanks and will update as things progress.