Soap Carving Statement

The animal I chose to carve was a beaver.  The ideas behind changing the form were from the environmental issues of pollution. I added items to the beaver that would naturally have in its environment: twigs, vines.  But also the corrupted industrial side to a natural habitat as well: the metal eyelets, bear bottles. For subtracting, I wanted to illustrate how all of the toxins being poured into the environment can lead to some animals, such as the beaver, to its demise. The fire is much like a forest fire, the bleach is much like the toxins being poured into natural bodies of water, and the plastic is much like the recyclables that are being thrown into nature.  All of these issues turn something that is naturally beautiful into a compiled mess of waste.