1:41 scale weathered shipping container
I’ve always enjoyed creative problem solving, especially when it come to using tools and techniques in the studio. I also think it’s important to create space to experiment and practice new ways of making. I’ve been wanting to practice my rust and chipping on something for a while. I’ve really only applied in to small isolated areas in my miniatures. I’ve also been looking to include some more saturated colors in my recent work. This shipping container was the perfect place to practice and to implement these techniques. Not to mention the real wold context that shipping containers belong to. I would imagine that many of the containers on the ships stranded in the waters of the middle east near Iran are corroding rapidly in the salty air. I’ve now printed out a few much smaller that I plan to use in the prototype version of The Last Operator board game. I’ll continue to practice my painting of them and maybe even include some numbers or graffiti.