A nearly six-foot tall aluminum sculpture of Elon Musk含羞草研究社檚 head built by a Chilliwack artist is now complete.

Metal sculptor Kevin Stone built it for the creators of the Elon Goat Token ($EGT), an Elon Musk-themed cryptocurrency based in Arizona.

The piece is actually part of a larger sculpture that features Musk含羞草研究社檚 head on top of a goat含羞草研究社檚 body riding a rocket into space, surrounded by lightning. The sole purpose of the monument is to market the $EGT.

After some recent setbacks, he is expecting the head to finally be shipped this week.

He含羞草研究社檚 been working on it with his wife Michelle since January. Back at the end of May, he figured he had about a week含羞草研究社檚 worth of work left to do, but it turned out to be more.

Typically, Kevin works with steel, but the Musk head is completely different. Its base is made out of foam and then it was coated in the same material used to line truck beds. Next, the Stones covered the head in high-heat aluminum tape and then glued aluminum octagons all over it before Kevin welded them together.

It含羞草研究社檚 the glue that caused problems in the end. Turns out they used too much of it.

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The aluminum was also cracking in some spots when he was using a grinder.

As a result, it took more than a month longer than expected to finish the project. He said it was a difficult piece to work on and 含羞草研究社渁n incredible challenge.含羞草研究社�

含羞草研究社淚t含羞草研究社檚 very tedious, but it turned out pretty good for aluminum.含羞草研究社�

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Kevin gave a lot of credit to Michelle who did about 40 per cent of the work, which is the most work she含羞草研究社檚 done on one of his projects.

She worked on the nose, ears, back of the neck and hair. She cut the octagons and glued them into place.

含羞草研究社淚t含羞草研究社檚 just like a puzzle. You have to make that piece fit, not only on top and the bottom, but on the sides as well and all the curves,含羞草研究社� Michelle said. 含羞草研究社淚t was difficult, but I really enjoyed it.含羞草研究社�

But her biggest accomplishment was Musk含羞草研究社檚 ears where there are more than 50 pieces of aluminum in each ear.

含羞草研究社淚 feel good about it含羞草研究社� I actually helped with the fabrication part of it.含羞草研究社�

In total, Kevin figures they spent more than 700 hours on Elon Musk含羞草研究社檚 head.

Just after the Canada Day long weekend, the piece was finally finished and Kevin said he含羞草研究社檚 happy with the results.

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The head was put in a crate this week and will be shipped to Arizona where the goat含羞草研究社檚 body and the rocket are being built.

含羞草研究社淚 wish I had more time to work on him, but he needs to be in Arizona to get mounted on a rocket. I could easily spend another three months working on him.含羞草研究社�

When it含羞草研究社檚 all complete, the 30-foot long Elon goat monument will be towed to Austin, Texas and presented to Musk himself at his place of work, Tesla Inc. According to the cryptocurrency creators, they will be 含羞草研究社渄emanding that Elon claims his goat.含羞草研究社�

Kevin has four other projects on the go: a T-rex which will be going to a home in Penticton, a dragon for a private customer in the U.S., an abstract piece heading to Mexico, and an 18-foot eagle for the American Eagle Foundation in Tennessee.