Autumn Faces

I've taken up clay again, and here is the first batch of faces, still unpainted and not quite dry yet.

Just love this earthy warm colour. My hands were all red, though, and good-bye manicure!

Lecte ;)



Metropolis

I've finished the "steampunk" mask today, realizing in the process that it is not steampunk at all.

It's got all kinds of gears and details on it, but I feel it's not organized enough for steampunk, but rather an abstract piece.

There are parts of an old Soviet alarm clock and some things taken from computer motherboards (generously donated by Maestro).

The turquoise was added at the last moment. I never intended to have it here, but the mask somehow seemed incomplete without this last touch. I'm addicted to turquoise :)

The name also came all of a sudden - when I looked at the finished piece I just realized it reminded me of the robot from "Metropolis". Metropolis it is, then.

A lot of sanding has been going on recently, as I'm gradually shaping the new face. I've been at it for about 2 hours every day now. I've also obtained some old clocks and a relic of a radio with some tempting gears and screws and all sorts of tiny metal pieces inside. I guess, it will turn out something in the steampunk line.
Right now, however, she is still angular, rough, and virgin-white.

Arrivals

Well, I've made it here for some reason. It's such a lazy day, one doesn't feel like doing anything much except for making a chocolate cake (black and white, puffy and creamy, with grated almond on top, I do hope it will turn out all right), and hugging the cats (red - black - grey - red...), and making a blank for a new mask... and starting a new blog, perhaps.

I believe I'll just post a couple of photos of my last mask, just to outline the general idea of one of the main (intended) topics of this blog.

The crow's skull is genuine, I was lucky to obtain it from an actual long-dead crow (should've got those wings too), and the feathers have just been collected on the street. 

...Time to go check on that chocolate cake :)