Under my bed and in my mind, early morning is a strange time to find.
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Piranha mask.
I wanted to further explore more organic textures techniques that gave the impression of real bone. I also opted for a naturally occurring skull instead of making one up. I had seen many animal skull masks but no fish skulls...this one seemed a natural choice.
T-shirt design for a local production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Quetzalcoatl inspired mempo mask, finally done and ready for molding!
Available soon in my ETSY shop!
New mask in the works!
This is a half-mask inspired by the Aztec feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl.
Specimen 012.2116
Polymer clay, Apoxie Clay, Mouse bones, moss, wood.
Just learned of the passing of Leonard Cohen and thought I would share this. The painting below, was one I made while at SVA in the early 2000's in Ju Chung's class. We were all given a song and told to make a painting from it. I was given Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song". It was the first song I ever herd from him and only one of two I can still recall ('Hallelujah' being the other). Now, I have no idea what a 'tower of song' is, but I loved the idea of a swirling tower of record pages going up into the sky. Another lyric I landed on was "I was born with the gift of the golden voice" and the sound of the song sounded so morose and dark, and I liked the idea of this golden voice burning like a fire inside this person. And so I painted this. Not a direct, or great interpretation, but merely incorporating a couple of the things found withing. During class when we had to present our work I remember the teacher stopping at mine and being silent for a second. He then turned and said "I have no idea what this means, but it's pretty cool."
“Kin”
Two gremlin fetuses painted by me. The first is a mold of the gremlin fetus, or ‘bullet ball’ that was used on screen in Gremlins 2. I then used this as a base and sculpted stripe on top of it, smoothing out the texture of his skin, adding hair and changing the facial horns and expression.
Three rare photos of a Dagonite in a coastal stream taken by a crew cleaning up litter. This small specimen was glimpsed briefly before darting away into the water. Given it's size it is guessed to be around two weeks old, as is it already showing multiple appendages. Dagonites this size live off small fish and insects, eventually graduating to larger prey like birds and larger fish. As it grows, the Dagonite will work it's way down stream, eventually ending up in the ocean where is is free to grow unrestrained.
While their full size is unknown, lore describes them as being massive. These creatures have been observed throughout the centuries, entering into seafarers’ tales of monsters from the deep. It is believed that H.P. Lovecraft’s tale Dagon, describes an ancient one of these creatures, from whom it gets it’s name.
Work in progress on a new minor monstrosity specimen.
Trying with this one to get a translucent look to the stomach so you can see the guts through the flesh.
Minor monstrosity final stage
Dream idea
Isn’t it great when ideas for art come to you in dreams? Last night I had a dream I had found the Devil’s dice. They are six-sided cubes, but made from flesh. The number dots were made of eyes, anus, nostrils and teeth. They were somehow alive! I am in the process of sculpting some now...
Minor monstrosity, stage 1
I did a little sketch of a monstrosity where the mouth ran vertically from the head down to the stomach and this is the first attempt to sculpt it. It came out looking a lot like some vaginal dentata sculpture, but that was not the intent. I will now add a second layer that will have the eyes and tentacles on it. Wish me luck!
Embryonic Specimen 2:
Guts and bones sculpted first, fired, then covered with translucent layer for the skin. Has a real depth to it in person.
My masks at the Independent Spirit show at the Martin-Mullen Gallery at SUNY Oneonta!
Chestburster embryo. Removed from host before maturation.
Sculpey, enamel, 2016.
Since I had two of these busts, I decided to start in on a second; Celuluk!
Continuing progress on my Rangda bust.
Work in progress: Small Rangda Bust
I found some small Presidential busts at the local thrift store and decided to use them as bases for making some small busts of Rangda and some other figures from Indonesian culture.
I wanted to practice working small as a change from my masks because I am considering doing some 1/6 scale figure customs. Consider this a study I guess. More pics as it progresses.
I am planning on adding the hair and adornments later on.
I plan on molding this when it is completed, although, I may have to mold those big tusks separately.