Tuesday, 2 June 2009

May 2009 - Mine all mine

The original:


The brief:
I'd never seen a nautical mine up close before I passed this one, on a museum ship in Oslo. It's a strange looking device, and it looks oddly lacking in danger in this mounted location. 

How would this explosive device look to a terrified sailor, adrift in the high seas? Can you make the museum exhibit look threatening again? Or alternatively, can you come up with a more peaceful use for it? 

Finished work:


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