Waco Sculpture Zoo

Afro Pach-Patch

These mother and baby elephant sculptures are made with an open wire frame construction. The sculptures are composed of 3/8” steel rods with a 6-layer powder
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Animal

African Elephants
Older man and woman standing outdoors with autumn foliage in the background; the woman wears a red jacket with floral embroidery and smiles.
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Did you know?

Elephant mothers carry their babies for almost two full years before giving birth! Elephant herds are very matriarchal. The oldest female elephant plays a key role in controlling the social network of the group and ensuring the survival of the family. When their mothers are lost to poaching or to other human-wildlife conflict, young orphaned elephants stand little chance in the wild. In times of drought, the oldest female elephants can lead their herd hundreds of miles to water they visited several years before because they remember the location.

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About the artist

Andrew Scott

Andrew F. Scott is Associate Professor of Art and Technology at the University of Texas at Dallas where he currently resides. Throughout his career he has been a pioneer of traditional studio art practice intersecting with digital and technological design techniques. Scott utilizes laser cutters, CNC mills, 3D printers, and scanning technologies and has consulted on design for transportation and engineering projects as well as arts commissions. As the coordinator for Sculpture for the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), he taught courses for the School of Foundations, School of Design, and The School of Building Arts. While at SCAD he also managed the celebrated Sand Arts Festival at the Tybee Island beach, attracting more than 500 student sculpting teams and 10,000 visitors. At the University of Texas in Dallas, he designed and developed a laboratory focusing on the nexus of digital fabrication and traditional studio practice. In 2014 he completed a memorial to fallen police officers for the city of Gainesville, Florida. His first projection mapped sculpture Reliquary was presented in the 2015 PULSE Art and Technology festival at the Jepson Museum in Savannah Georgia. In 2012 he was invited as the featured artist for the Cartasia Sculpture Biennial in Lucca, Italy. His work Black Man Grove Resilience graced the historic Piazza San Michele. During the same year his sculpture Follow the Drinking Gourd was presented in PULSE festival and remained suspended in the Atrium of the Jepson Museum throughout the year. In 2014 he participated in the Signs of Life exhibition at Rush Arts Corridor Gallery in Brooklyn, New York. In 2011 he presented Digital Sculpture Explorations at the Jepson Museum. In 2008 he installed the world’s largest gavel in the south reflecting pool of the Ohio Supreme Court.

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African Lion

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