Verbal Description: Eric Wesley’s North American Buff Tit

Mar 10, 2022

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Verbal Description: Eric Wesley’s North American Buff Tit

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Eric Wesley’s North American Buff Tit (2022) is made out of plastic, glass, stainless steel, and dichloromethane and measures 84 × 26 × 26 inches. (213.4 × 66 × 66 cm). 

Similar to those small dippy bird toys that mimic a bird drinking water - rocking back and forth - the beak pecking at water, Eric Wesley’s North American Buff Tit resembles the toy but on a larger scale. It is slightly bigger than average human height, with a clear transparent body topped by a transparent rounded bird head. It has an orange beak and silver disk eyes surrounding black circle pupils and its body moves back and forth. The movement is dependent on the heat, light, and humidity within the gallery. A pressure device rises from the top of its head. 


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