At Saint, even the rats are creative.

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Chris

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14 January 2010 17.44

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This is Jeeves…

…he is one of our uber-talented creatives at Saint. For the past year, Jeeves has been working on an art installation with a difference, RatTable. That’s right, he’s getting actual rats to chew their way through a solid block of actual wood to create an actual table.

“The finished piece the rats carve will be a giant solid wood block. There are no guides on the wood, or internal or external frameworks. It’s just a solid block of wood. It’ll be around the size of your average coffee table. Based on tests we expect them to carve it into a table shape in approximately 24-48 hours. The whole thing will be filmed from a series of cameras overhead, side view, free roaming and a series of still cameras. The cameras will roll continuously, so you will be able to see it from all angles as we let the rats, do their thing.”

Jeeves has turned his (very understanding) parents garage into a studio and temporary hangout for would be rat-sculptors, and the past year has seen him hone the idea,test techniques and create small scale versions.

The final work should be ready sometime in the summer, keep tuned for updates at www.rattable.com – this is going to be PR gold.

You can view a teaser trailer here:

“I like doing things that makes people go, ‘how the hell did you come up with that?’ As a creative, I think that’s the biggest compliment you can get.” …Jeeves – you legend.