Foam Guy

A Foam Rubber Sculpture

1992

Explanation

Foam Guy was one of those projects where you have the materials sitting around, so you do something, and it actually turns out OK. The sculpture is a rough human shape with a red marble for a heart, and a blue marble for single, all seeing eye.

Materials & Process

I started with a block of gray foam rubber that had been packing material, and just carved out this guy using a razor knife. The cuts for the eye and heart were a little tricky, but since the whole thing is rather stylized it didn't matter too much. The marbles are just held in place by friction.