Touch Punch Trunk

Touch Punch Trunk in use by visitors, summer 2015, Elm Park, MA. Freedom Baird

Touch Punch Trunk, 2015. Marine-grade vinyl, polyester stuffing, mattress foam, old clothes, ratchet straps, resin zipper. 52 x 36 x 36 inches. Installed on a horse chestnut tree in Elm Park, Worcester, MA for Art in the Park 2015, May through October 2015. Installation participation by Greg Lowenberg and Art in the Park Worcester Staff.

Maquette of Touch Punch Trunk, approx 12" tall. Freedom Baird
Maquette for Touch Punch Trunk
Making the pattern for Touch Punch Trunk. Freedom Baird.
Cutting the marine-grade vinyl from the paper pattern
Installing the zipper in Touch Punch Trunk. Freedom Baird
Sewing in the marine-grade zipper
Testing the stuffing for Touch Punch Trunk. Freedom Baird
Testing the stuffing volume
Securing Touch Punch Trunk to a tree in Elm Park, Worcester, MA. Freedom Baird
Cinched to the tree with ratchet straps, and ready to be stuffed
Stuffing Touch Punch Trunk with polyester fiber, foam strips, and old clothes. Freedom Baird
Stuffing
Stuffing for Touch Punch Trunk includes polyester fiber, strips of mattress foam, and old clothes. Freedom Baird
Stuffing with poly film, poly foam, and old clothes
Touch Punch Trunk, 2015. Freedom Baird. Marine-grade vinyl, polyester stuffing, mattress foam, old clothes, ratchet straps, resin zipper. 52 x 36 x 36 inches. Installed on a horse chestnut tree in Elm Park, Worcester, MA for Art in the Park 2015,
Stuffed and ready
Close-up of Touch Punch Trunk, 2015. Freedom Baird.
Touch Punch Trunk, closeup
Signage for Touch Punch Trunk, Art in the Park 2015, Worcester, MA. Freedom Baird
Touch Punch Trunk in use by a visitor, summer 2015, Elm Park, MA.
Touch Punch Trunk in use by visitors, summer 2015, Elm Park, MA.
Touch Punch Trunk in use by visitors, summer 2015, Elm Park, MA.
Touch Punch Trunk in use by visitors, summer 2015, Elm Park, MA.

By the end of the summer, after many months of use of Touch Punch Trunk, the grass that had grown around the base of the chestnut tree was trampled to dust. The circle of dry dirt around the tree became a boxing ring!

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