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Skulls
Maybe I'm being optimistic with
"Skulls" in stead of "Skull", but
I'm
hoping the first little one leads
to more of all sizes.
click on images to see
larger ones
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April 9 2008
First attempt at a freeform skull. A wad of crumpled
newspaper was taped to a 14" square tile. The pulp was
smeared over it in a kind of lightbulb shape. Then I had
no clue what to do next so I brought up a pic of a skull
on the monitor and worked from there. I really like
using a manicure stick to shape the pulp. It's kinda
pitiful looking, but I'm okay with it as a first
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May 2
Where he ended up. Or is this one of
his brothers? Either way, you get an idea of scale. This
headstone is about 14" square. |
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The first one was made over a foam
skull and put on this sign. Story
is here |
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Speriments with adding coffee and
plaster to the pulp.
Tallest one is about 2". Coffee gives a cool patina, not
sure how long before that fades, if it does. Plaster
makes it look bleached out and adds weight and
stability. |
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May 4
This one was made over a standard
light bulb. A red LED is being set up to go behind it so
it will shine out through the eyes. |
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Horned skull is about 4 1/3" long. |
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May 6
All toilet paper pulp. Sculpts very
easily. This has dried for about 8 hours so far and is
still pretty fragile but I can see how it's shrinking
and I like it so far. Strange that I was trying this to
see how smooth the TP can be and make something that I
want to be a little rough, but that's me all over. |
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