Downsizing!!

I am now announcing a new product for my Etsy store...

Custom Shrunken Heads!

This is just a simple example as a concept, but I'll be casting it shortly and pouring it in latex!

The Aftermath

This is what the clay mask usually looks like when the paper machee comes off, and I have to pry it off and out of the now hardened paper.

This makes each mask unique, no shape can be duplicated honestly.

Also got some ideas in the works for some more advanced work coming up... stay posted!

I'm back!

So my last month, has been... chaotic to say the least... but now I'm back at it, and going to be doing my best to keep up with the work, if not for a client then just for myself.

Here we have the Lu mask starting to be papered!

Commish! Sculpt!

almost done sculpting, there's a few minor issues with proportion but more pictures when it gets cast into it's shell for molding!

Commish: Latex head sculpt

Woo!! Been some radio silence around here because I've been busy with my other two jobs. But here is my latest commission in progress!

DEMON OGRE MASK!! GRRRRRR!!!

GRRR!!...

Enough said...

Repairs, preperations, and ... paper...

The Ogre mask is getting there.

The Oven worked well to solidify the paper, but the lack of Vaseline did not....

The paper of the mask ripped a bit in the removal from the clay, which is not idea, but because this is paper, it's simple to repair. A little more time with the machee some small pieces of paper, and some tape and it's more or less taken care of.

This one also has a newer feature, because I know that this mask will be worn, and will be used in a performance, I decided to add some metal into the edges of the mask where the ribbon will be attached to travel around the head.

still have a way to go on this mask, some sanding, gesso, and paint, but this one is turning out really really well compared to the last one, no buckling like the Who mask!