Juice Tree

My paper sculpture explores the idea of placing the origins of a food product in juxtaposition with the final consumer-ready product. This was accomplished by carving a fully developed orange tree out of an empty box of Tropicana orange juice. The organic form of the orange tree and the rigid shape of the synthetic juice box greatly contrast eachother, despite the fact that one originates from the other. The tree is also positioned in a way that it appears to be the source of any orange juice pouring from the jug. This could represent the idea that food products are so easily attainable in America that they almost seem to flow dircetly from their original sources right into their containers. As for my materials, I used an exacto knife to the carve the tree out of the juice box and then paper glue to attach some of the additional pieces.