Texas Carbon Longhorn 1/1

Texas Carbon Longhorn 1/1Carbon is the building block of life. All known animals on our planet are made up of Carbon. This Alastair Gibson and Carbon Art 45 sculpture is produced by wrapping the original Texas Longhorn steer skull in carbon fibre, by doing this I have attempted to bring this amazing animal back to life. All original Texas Longhorn steer skulls are different, therefore each piece is unique. Material: 4 ply layers of 2 x 2 twill 200 gsm pre preg carbon fibre

Carbon is the building block of life. All known animals on our planet are made up of Carbon.

This Alastair Gibson and Carbon Art 45 sculpture is produced by wrapping the original Texas Longhorn steer skull in carbon fibre, by doing this I have attempted to bring this amazing animal ‘back to life’.

All original Texas Longhorn steer skulls are different, therefore each piece is unique.

Material: 4 ply / layers of 2 x 2 twill 200 gsm pre preg carbon fibre material.

State Flag: 2 ply / layers of Texalium pre-preg material with the Texas colours applied with tinted clear lacquer.

Cure: Cured in an autoclave at 180° for 12 hours at 7 bar pressure, 101.5 psi.

Teeth: Red and blue coated original teeth.

Horns: Original horns polished and sealed.

Nostrils: 2 Off -6 titanium fittings from the hydraulic system of the Honda F1 GP car.

Coating: 3 coats of UV resistant Spies Hecker 2 part HS Speed clear coat.

Mounting method: Wall mounted.

Dimensions: W 1100 mm H 570 mm D 250 mm

Weight: 5.5 kg