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August 29, 2010
Exhibition Piece by *Brooke-star shows us creepy little sculptures with a nightmare-ish feel to them and a great level of detail, especially considering their small scale.
Featured by MyntKat
Suggested by Wakerra
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Pandora's Box

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EDIT 29thAug2010: I've just seen the DD!!! I'm so thrilled!!! It's been a dream of mine for some time now, so thank you so much to Wakerra for suggesting the piece, and MyntKat for featuring it :)
This was the first attempt at sculpting i've ever done, and although there are lots of things i'd re-do if I were to go back, i'm so happy with how it came out. I've now been learning to sculpt digitally, and I want to recreate these guys in digital form, so look out for that in the near future :)
Thank you so much again, i'm honoured :)
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Well this is my Pandora's Box piece set up in the Art Foundaton exhibition!

Hope ya like it

Please have a look at the other photos for different angles and closeups of the different creatures:

Right view
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Left view
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Overhead view
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Another shot of all of them
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Closeup of the Swirly guy
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Another creature closeup
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Another final photo
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The Spiney one closeup
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The Faun one
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WIP:
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FAQ (based on questions asked in the comments):

What was the idea behind them?
Initially I wanted to make some monster sort of things emerging from another world/dimension. It ended up as a Pandora's Box-esque idea of little demons entering our world through a box/portal sort of thing. My original idea was to have an absolute ton of them pouring out and down the podium at the exhibition, but I didn't have time. Six will do :)

What are they made of?
Sculpey/Living Doll clay... I bought a few and tried them out to see which I liked best.

How big are they?
They are about 6" in height.

How long did they take?
Each head took a couple of hours and the bodies took longer due to their awkwardness. You can see the work-in-progress shots in the 3d section of the gallery - there are loads more, I might make a complete w-i-p deviation. All the heads were made first. The swirly one took a very long time, as each swirly bit took 5 mins to make and attach properly. And then they'd fall off :P

What were they for?
They were my final piece for my Art Foundation course. Funny enough, I was actually doing Illustration, not sculpture, but me being me decided to do something complicated and challenging which i'd never done before :)

Where are they now? Can I buy one?
They're smashed up in a box in someone's office at my old uni, i'd imagine :( They were SO fragile that if you breathed on them they pretty much broke. Which they did a lot - there was a lot of trauma with superglue. I left them there, as they'd break if I took them on a journey home, and at least they could be seen for a bit longer in the exhibition.
I'd love to have been able to sell them, although i'd have to have a very long hard think about how to transport them safely to their new owner. Due to all the recent interest in purchasing them, i've decided that I might make a couple more and put them up for sale. I also take commissions, ya know ;) Prints are available here [link]
Image size
700x421px 284.67 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot A610
Shutter Speed
1/60 second
Aperture
F/3.5
Focal Length
15 mm
Date Taken
May 29, 2009, 2:04:26 PM
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seuchu's avatar
This is so creepy but it's really good!