Inspiration for this cage comes from the symbiotic nature of plants & animals. The mutually sustaining environment is advantageous for the owner of the plants and the pet, as she does not have to take much care of nurturing both.
This is a cage that allows growth.
The Final Rendering
Comic book style navigation of cage usage
Chinchillas love to eat grass, so I devised a system to help it fertilise it's own!
Animal faeces is commonly used as plant fertiliser so the tube in the cage connects from the upper shelf where the Chinchilla will poop to the soil in the plant pot. There is a cotton lining the soaks up the urine and helps dry faeces, it can then be manually removed to let faeces fall in pot and be used as fertiliser. The bottom shelf is close to the grass, which can be easily accessed through the wire caging whenever the chinchilla is hungry!
Earliest sketches of cage
Earlier sketches of cage
Deciding key functions of Cage
Side View of Cage with different material renderings
Final photoshop sketches of 3 views of cage, L-R: Top, Front, Side
Rhino and Photoshop combined sketch of final materials used. Plastic for plant table, Wire for caging, Wood for shelves and ladder
Exploded View of Cage showcasing all contents
Teaser Poster of Cage to get people excited!
Final Rhino Model with some Illustration editing of The Pet Cage and Plant Pot in an environment w/ woman for scale.
