Menorah

Here is a Menorah I've been making in my "spare time". Ironically it is my mum's christmas present for last year. It is forged and blackened steel and bronze. Finally done, Merry Christmas mum.

Symbiotic Being

This is my newest piece. I had been calling it a tree being, but during transit to the crit room it collapsed. From its new position it seemed to me, more a nest form. It was built around a basic steel frame. I then wove branches and filled the void with vines and leaves. Inside (which I unfortunately did not shoot before I destroyed the piece) is creature made of a 62 pound hunk of steel, plaster, hot glue, latex and acrylic fur. The sac at the bottom is vacuum, then hand formed plastic. I then coated it in hot glue, latex and saw dust. I filled it with water and lit it with three bulbs from the interior. After the collapse I added another layer of translucent leaves. I put a lot of time and effort into this one. This piece is techniquely a failure because it did not meet the assignment requirements, but I'll gladly take the F. Sorry teach.

Skeletal Study Cont.

So here are the study and drawing. The drawing came first. It was a really quick doodle that I just cut out of my sketch book and mounted on carboard, added pastels, add beat up with sandpaper. The picture isn't washed out, it is intentionally faded. I tried some different things with the study. I settled on steal as the medium. Its forged and plasma cut. I think I might make the hands whiter and then weld some Mickey Mouse ears on it

Portraits

This is portrait of my casting teacher. It is hot glue, latex, saw dust and cloth. I'm told that a big Hollywood secret in special effects is hot glue. Its really simple but gives a nasty look to anything.

This guy I did a few years ago and forgot about until about a week ago. Its painted clay. I think it may be one of the goofiest looking things I've ever made.

Updates

I have been doing a lot of updating of past posts, mostly more in depth descriptions of the work.

Stick

This is a digital photograph I took of my friend's "neighborhood kid." He is one of the most entertaining people I have ever met. His name is Rick "Stick" Thetonia.

Skeletal Studies

I was assigned to do skeletal studies, make a drawing and then a small three dimensional model. I went to nature lab and grabbed various limbs, branches, skulls, and what have you. I then haphazardly constructed figures and shot them. I will post the drawing and model soon.