a bit of homemaking......

I've had so much fun putting together the cottage, if I were small enough I would definitely move in, at first I thought cardboard wouldn't be sufficient to get the details I wanted but it has really turned out better than I expected, the nature of the structure even means that it's quite strong as well.

 I think the idea is that the cottage will be lit up for parts of the show so I've tried it out with a lamp inside just to get an idea........

mr Russel and his weather beaten mush

seeing as I imagine him as a bit of a boozed up, drunken old farmer I had to apply a rosy glow to Jim's dad's face and the wiry brillow beard has finished off his rugged face nicely or kind of scarily with those wandering boss-eyes.  Poor old Philip.

Jims face

I decided to paint Jim's face white in order to repaint it, as the first attempt wasn't quite right, he looks pretty terrifying like this now though.

thats' better........

hanging out with the daffs and daydreaming, he's finally looking like a 'real boy' now

just some examples of my degree show work, i made a series of mums inspired by Judy Budnitz's story 'Nice Big American Baby" this is how the finished three turned out, quite the little family....

 

this one (above) was actually stolen from my garden! she is basically life sized and has masses of woolen hair! I still need to put up missing posters on all the tree's around hyde park in leeds to try and find her, so if anybody has any leads or clues please let me know!

mini me's

putting together a few mini versions to have a go with varied processes of filling, considering the possibility of using expanding foam as a filler rather than foam or wadding as this will fill up every crevice and potentially best re-create the original figures...........plus i love experimenting 'cus you always find something you never expected!

so this is the first body all pieced together, i still needs to sort out the stuffing and the wire frame but just arranged this to get a bit of an idea. The joining process has been a mixture of stitching the latex skins together and also applying extra layers of liquid latex to merge the seams, i suppose i could have just used the latter alone but i want that element of visible seams literally stitched together like a rag doll or a puppet to be apparent and not concealed.