{"id":51165,"date":"2021-07-22T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T09:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/?p=51165"},"modified":"2022-08-24T10:16:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T09:16:58","slug":"behind-the-scenes-making-samson-kambalus-elephants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/behind-the-scenes-making-samson-kambalus-elephants\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind-the-scenes: Making Samson Kambalu&#8217;s elephants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discover how artist Samson Kambalu collaborated with others to create his elephant sculptures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this video, meet the team behind Samson Kambalu&#8217;s life-size elephant sculptures. To create the works, Kambalu collaborated with seamstress Ann Tutt and a group of MFA students from the Ruskin School of Art. 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