I got a new digital camera today and took some quick pictures of frank at different ISO settings and such. I have always had a point and shoot this is the first real digital SLR I have used. Lots to learn.
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I made this 2 years ago. I have always had a fascination with mache masks. I have tried a few time to make masks from pulp mache or mache clay but have never been happy with the results. Here is another of my attempts.
I started with a foil mold of my own face, and no I look nothing like the above picture. Actually I had no idea what the end result would look like when I started I was just messing around. I covered the foil mold of my face with newspaper strip mache.
After that was dry I made rudimentary holes for eyes, nose and mouth, I never intended to wear this mask, I just wanted to hang it on my shop wall.
Using paperclay I rolled out thin sheets and covered the entire thing with it. Using a scouring pad and sponge to blend the edges. I then let the first layer dry once I had smoothed it somewhat.
Then using a bamboo skewer and a loop tool I started to make some sort of face on this monstrosity. No idea what I was making.
There paint can fix most things. I painted the entire thing with acrylics and a paper towel.
 Image via Wikipedia Frequently those of us who make animatronic figures or play with motors and what-have-you need to power these devices. I mainly use DC motors from cars and servos. My motor of choice is the venerable windshield wiper motor. To power such a beast I always go back to the ATX power supply which can be found inexpensively or free. Scary Terry has some great information about using a PC power supply to power DC motors on his website. The benefit of using a PC power supply to power your motor is that most of the time you can alter the speed of the motor by altering the amount of voltage you send to it, and the PC power supply has several different voltage outputs. Another cool thing you can do is turn a PC power supply into a sort of lab power supply. As seen here on wikiHow As always be careful.  Recently I moved and packed up the studio and moved it. Its amazing the amount of stuff one acquires over time. Whats even more shocking the pieces of artwork that I forgot about or had hidden away. As I wait to unpack the studio in my new home I have been going thru my photo archive, what a mess it is/was. Here are a few pictures of some of the things I found lurking about when I moved the studio:
The head of Aotus, based on the skull of an owl monkey (left). He hangs upside down in a large cocoon (right).
Ahhh Mr. Horatio Woe. Was nearly the death of me. A piece I still haven’t completely gave up on. His head is huge 18 inches from chin to forehead. I have made several attempts to finish him. Someday…
“The Pope” One of the first full bodied characters I made, highly creepy. I still have him. Weird little guy.
The Carver made for a “Mad Lab” contest. He is a lamp. Also has poor dental hygiene. Actually most of my pieces have horrible dental issues.
Worms, Inspired by Zombi by Lucio Fulci. I made worms over a 18 hr period one weekend. My first heavy use of sculpt-or-coat. He is very durable and hard as a rock. I have dropped him, he has been rained on. Still as “fresh” as when I made him. |
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