A local Junior School is taking on an Ohio school in their attempt to make a whale tale sculpture larger than the 6m one in the States.
Muizenberg Junior School yesterday celebrated the first stage of the sculpting of a life-size female Southern Right Whale tail in the school grounds when the first sod of soil was turned at the site of the foundations.
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The local tail will challenge the 6m high Humpback Whale tail at Tussing Elementary School in Ohio, USA. (seen in the thumbnail at the top of the page, left)
The project has broad educational, business and tourism objectives as well as conservation and re-cycling themes.
Plastic and metal bottle caps constitute the re-cycling component and they will be used on the outside, depicting the colours of the SA National flag. Bottle caps are being collected locally as well as from various sites around the globe such as Hawaii. The first batch has already been shipped from Tussing Elementary School. The enormous cavity will be filled with re-cycled plastic.
The art project, which will be completed in September this year during the peak whale watching period, is facilitated byA Whale Of A Heritage Route which promotes heritage trails and whale watching along the west shore of Cape Town''s False Bay. The Route has been adopted by Muizenberg Junior School.
To monitor step by step progress of what will be a highly visible marine landmark denoting the start of whale watching territory at the entrance to historical Muizenberg, visit these two web sites - www.awhaleofaheritageroute.co.za.co.za and www.muizenbergjs.wcape.school.za .
Or check it out from mid July on Google Earth at Latitude: 34 deg 06'' 17.81" S Longitude: 18 deg 28'' 04.11" E .
1 Response to School Kids Building a Life Size Whale Tail Sculpture from Recycled Material
Nice form they made out of recycled materials. It impressed the travelers who passed by.
By Recycle (3 years ago)