Title: Spider Cow Location: Williams Tower: Post Oak Blvd. Artist: Jill Butler Stuff Creators Sponsor: Mike Bonini Meg Goodman Is it a bird or a plane? No, it’s Spider Cow! Spider Cow was inspired by the juxtaposition of a cow and a superhero. The idea of such a docile, peaceful animal saving the city from evil villains is unexpected. The image of such a lumbering, rotund animal wearing tight, udder-fitting spandex and walking up a vertical wall is inspirational. The artists hope the overall result is amusing and that when people see Spider Cow, they laugh and wonder, “How’d they do that?” What a clever idea, it almost makes you want to come into it’s web! Stuff Creators is a Houston-based design consortium that makes professional-quality, truly unique “stuff” that people cannot get anywhere else. Consortium members are assigned projects based on expertise and personal interest. Charles Buchanan, David Buchanan, Jill Butler, Jason Holden, Kristy Kyle, and William Lidwell conceived, designed, and created Spider Cow. The group has a wide variety of professional and personal interests including engineering, instructional design, graphic design, industrial design, writing, painting, drawing, and metalwork.				This cow was sold in Flight 5 of the internet auction hosted by Amazon.com that ran from December 21 - 29, 2001. Send a Postcard

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