Two jungle trees for White Faced Sakis

Posted on Dec 22, 2012 in Recent Projects

These two jungle trees were built into an exhibit for white faced sakis, golden lion tamarins and pygmy marmosets. The zoo keepers previously had to keep replacing real trees in here which was time consuming. In addition to this the real wood was getting infected with mites which were causing a nuisance to the animal […]

Cambodia Macaque Temple progress

Posted on Oct 26, 2012 in Recent Projects

These are a series of photos showing our progress building an Asian influenced macaque temple exhibit. All pictures shot from roughly the same angle.

Long Tailed Macaque portraits

Posted on Jan 10, 2012 in Animals

A few select shots of members of the pack of long tailed macaques at The Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park.

The smiling Buddha faces of Angkor

Posted on Sep 7, 2010 in Inspiration

Often a client will ask for a reproduction buddha head in the style of the stone carvings from the Angkor region of Cambodia. These iconic heads with their mysterious smiles have long been copied in zoos, aquariums and theme parks world wide. The oldest reproduction I have seen is in Rotterdam Zoo and very recently […]

Stone forest research trip

Posted on Aug 12, 2010 in Inspiration

Just recently, I visited the geological wonder, Pobiti kamani, otherwise known as ‘The Fossil Forest’ or ‘Stone Forest’ This natural phenomenon consists of many stone columns spread over a large area in the hills above Varna on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria. The limestone structures do indeed resemble a fossilised forest and no one […]

Helsinki Zoo Mammoth Dig

Posted on Jul 9, 2010 in Recent Projects

Here a few pictures from a Mammoth Dig we made in Helsinki Zoo. Every evening, in summer, the bones get buried in the sand. In the morning the young archaeologists make the ‘new discovery’!

20 inspirational images of temple ruins and tombs

Posted on Apr 27, 2010 in Inspiration

Quite often we have to make architectural style rockwork with a temple ruins, Indiana Jones or Tomb Raider theme. The following 20 images were compiled whilst researching such a project. I have left out the obvious head carvings in this round-up, this compilation is all about mysterious entrances, spooky passageways and wondering what is around the next […]

Ten inspirational natural rock formations

Posted on Aug 24, 2009 in Inspiration, Uncategorized

As rockwork artists, we often find ourselves searching the web for reference pictures. Matching a habitat to an animal is usually the first stage when developing a project. Matching a species to a geographical locale is a high consideration as is rock texture, form and colouring. Nobody wants to see animals kept in concrete cages anymore […]

Angkor Wat head

Posted on May 1, 2009 in Recent Projects

Main Contractor : Houthoff Zoo Design I loved making this head recently in the giant petshop I talked about in a previous post. It is made from EPS  carved with a chainsaw and then shot with a render (shotcrete) the render was then carved to the final finish. The colours are an acid stain and acrylic […]

Hancock Natural History Museum

Posted on Mar 21, 2009 in Recent Projects

Main Contractor : Koda Creative Recently completed, is  a small project at The Hancock Natural History Museum, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK for IAT. The museum is undergoing a multi-million pound re-fit and is due to open in May ’09. We provided hand carved rockwork and coral effect theming for twelve aquariums and vivariums. Above, you can see a coral reef […]