This project came about from a thought process that needs explanation. That explanation is below.

Art has always been a disruptive technology. Art has always been a way in which humans expressed ideas and thoughts that sometimes caused a revolution or changed views in a non-confrontational way. Art has been a disruptive technology also for the natural materials that are used to create it. I took the idea of Art being a disruptive technology and decided to create one ofthe most basic and primitive forms of Art that probably brought on a lot of thought in primitive societies.

For an ordinary piece of wood or a tree, it's not seen as something that create something beautiful. By sculpting the form of wood into something else, the wood takes on an entirely different life and form. It's disruptive in the sense of one form is molded into another form for a different function.

I sculpted a simple 2x4 into a "totem pole". I was going for the full 3D effect, but unfortunately my skills are not that advanced. I ended up making a one sided totem pole. I made 4 continuous elephant heads down the piece of wood. To make it look a bit older, I decided to stain it in cherrywood stain.

It took about 2 weeks to completely finish, but I wanted to do so much more with it considering the detail that could have been burned into the wood. But, I left it simplistic to have the effect of being basic.