Thursday, July 18, 2024

SPIRITED AWAY. NO-FACE MASK. 2022.

This is the most recent piece that I've sculpted. I know, it was two years ago, but at the moment I'm now aiming to be a bit more active and sculpt some new things, so watch out for some further updates on here and on my social media pages.

The reason I've not been so active over the past two years is just boring life stuff. I've bounced around from several different jobs and it's made things difficult to be creatively inspired. Plus a lack of funds. Materials are pretty expensive and I just couldn't justify spending the money.

Anyway, back in 2022, I really wanted to make a no-face mask, from the animated film Spirited Away. I sculpted it in ceramic clay and made a cheap latex mould of it. Not ideal, but at that time silicone was unaffordable to me, so I had to just use what I already had.

I think it turned out really nice. I sculpted some fine detail and texture onto it as I wanted to give the impression of wood-grain.








I painted it with acrylics and then gave it a couple of coats of varnish.




For the reverse side of the mask, I covered it with black felt and then attached some brass wire so that it could be hung on the wall.