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What's Up There, Anyhow? 2008-ongoing

I have replicated several world famous skyscrapers that have boasted of being the tallest. Each Tower is made from Dupion Silk.  Dupion Silk is woven from two different colours of thread so that it shimmers and changes colour with the lights.  The fabric tower is mounted onto a MDF base and inflated by a fan.  The scale is 1:60, similar scale of the small model trains.
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Sears Tower, 2008     Dupion Silk, Fan, MDF base
(the detail image is from the Sears Tower)

Taipei 101, 2008         Dupion Silk, Fan, MDF base

Bank of China, 2009   Dupion Silk, Fan, MDF base

Petronas Twin Towers, 2009  Dupion Silk, Fan, MDF base

Empire State Building, 2009 Dupion Silk, Fan, MDF base

Empire State Building, 2008 Dupion Silk, Fan, MDF base

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