Dirt Mask
2019

The Dirt Mask represents the inevitability of death. Petals of the poisonous flame lily, Gloriosa Superba, emerge stemless and unexpectedly from fertile peat soil. The golden adventitious roots create the mask’s circulatory and nervous systems. The feminized face has wide, flared nostrils, full lips, and a slight smile. 

The wearer dons the mask by clenching their teeth on a modernized bite stick. The mask then appears to float in front of the face without a visible connection to its wearer.

The Iron Companion Hunter sculpture was Pop Figure inspired. The completed project took approximately 20 hours. The initial model was sculpted with CX5 Sculpting Material. I used heated tools as well as hot and wet sanding techniques. The final model was cast in epoxy resin and accents were painted with acrylic paint.

I documented the process using the camera from an iPhone 7 Plus.

This is a prototype headset I made after the original was broken beyond repair. I removed the earpieces and replaced the band with cherry veneer using bent plywood lamination techniques. Brass inlays of my logo were added to the sides using metal filings and CA glue.

The Iron Companion Titan sculpture was Pop Figure inspired. The completed project took approximately 14 hours. In order to get a smoother look to the armor I conditioned the clay to be very firm. I created an ultra-fine point sculpting/texturing tool used to add cross-hatching to the class item and add detailing to the helmet.

A Polaroid cube was mounted to a tripod while I created the armature, bulked out the form, sculpted the clay, and painted the model.

Diva Plavalaguna from The Fifth Element (1997)

A Polaroid cube was mounted to a tripod while I created the armature, bulked out the form, sculpted the clay, and painted the model. The total time was around 12 hours.

This was a project of many firsts for me. It was the first time I sculpted using Super Sculpey; the first time I tried drybrush and wash painting techniques on a model, and it was my first time documenting the process with video.

A Polaroid cube was mounted to my chest while I created the armature, bulked out the form, sculpted the clay, and painted the model. The total time was around 14 hours.