REINDEER BUST

I was learning how to use SmoothOn Rebound 25 brush-on silicone and creating a mother mold. Needless to say, I made a four-piece mother mold because of the antlers. I had a patient and kind instructor, Morgan Janssen who supported me through this whole endeavor.

Resin cast of my sculpted reindeer with LED lights and broken holiday lights.

PROCESS

Again, huge shout-out to Morgan Janssen for helping and guiding me through this process of self-inflicted antler hell. I learned a lot and would love to try it again, knowing what I do now. My first change? The size.

My first pull from the mold. I used a snap-cure resin that I cannot remember the name for the life of me. It was done in multiple passes. After learning more about molds, looking back, the leaks that I found while pouring the antlers were what helped insure the antlers were pretty bubble free.

Here you can see me on a resin-pouring day. I mixed batches of resin, clogging up new leaks, and added my broken Christmas lights as the translucent resin cured. I wanted a cavity to put working LED lights into, so I took an old, glass, rodent water bottle, covered it in Vaseline, and set it in the resin. The bottle never came out, so I broke it and cleaned the edges as best as I could. I am covering the broken pieces with more resin so nothing else broke or fell out. I learned a lot on this project.

WHO-NOSE

My first custom face prosthetic.

My first attempt at a wearable prosthetic; My very own Who-Nose inspired by Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 2000's Film starring Jim Carey AKA my favorite movie that I can fully quote.

PROCESS

Me, casting a classmate's face, and they cast mine in return. I know that is not the correct paint or application; This was the last project for this class, and I decided to do a combination of acrylic paint and my makeup because I could not get the proper paint in time.

MY FIRST 2-PART MOLD

I'm still proud of this weird piece. It perfectly encapsulates my weird humor.

My first 2-part plaster mold. I had a dead lightbulb and decided to make a 'Social Media Last Supper Lineup' (created in January 2022)

Per my elder-millennial, scene-ior citizen, red-and-black-studded and checkerboard brain, the object holding us back from eternal bliss is the 404 blue error screen of death. Tom from MySpace is OBVIOUSLY Jesus Christ, while Zuckerberg represents Judas. With its electronic halo of lightbulbs, all social media creators (at the time of the piece's creation) were conveniently the same amount as those at the Last Supper.

CONTACT

Do you want to work together? Or maybe you want to share a photo of your pet with someone new? Either way, I'm excited to hear from you!