Too good an opportunity to miss
so apologies for the spam

for near on the past year I've been trying to master Venetian mask making and been logging the results in theArt/ mask making blog


it took a good few months of trial and error until I was finally able to pull off a full sized papier mache helmet with liftable visor. One that I'm finally pleased enough with to consider selling and can make multiple copies of within a very fast turnaround time (£20 in case anyone asks - sorry mods)
Avian Helmet
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romanesque one:
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I'm making it so that each faceplate fits onto the same helmet so you only have to buy the helmet once (on it's own for a tenner) and then buy multiple different faceplates, also a tenner each.

sadly the best idea for a mask never made it past the plasticine sculpt stage (too finely detailed to work for the plaster mold/papier mache stage) but it's the one I'm proudest of:


other epic failures never taken to fruition include a Hulk v Superman model and a 3d go at Giger's necronomicon
and a very short lived career as a pavement artist (or Madonnera if you're posh)


also been having a crack at making little dollies of the characters from my paintings from my other site ( with free lounge music for the hipsters) as well as a steampunk version of Hellboy. Spending more time in fabric shops than is heterosexually acceptable to source the stewardess uniforms. The trick was to make them so they could be molded a few at a time to sell(£20 each if anyone asks)
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the shop for the Deri Air site only has the Twit model so far but the others (stewardeses in uniform, Bongo Gorilla model, Deri Air board game etc) should be along very soon - the art/mask making site shop one is go too...I have contact details in there to get any orders in right now ;)
( Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Thu 17 Nov 2011, 13:55, 5 replies)

Are the dollies made as special gifts,
for the lady trapped in your basement?
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 17 Nov 2011, 14:09, closed)

sadly she is no longer in the basement
but the good news is the freshly dug tomato patch is doing surprising well tihs year
( Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Thu 17 Nov 2011, 14:13, closed)

Ace!
That's brilliant, that is. Is that your other half doing the modelling?
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Thu 17 Nov 2011, 15:53, closed)

thanks bud
yeah, with the patience of a saint, thank god. I think I may edit out that last visor up frame on the avian helmet, she'll kill me if she finds out I've put her face on here (i notice this board gets the troll army from talk on here)
( Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Thu 17 Nov 2011, 16:11, closed)

Great stuff, well done.

( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Thu 17 Nov 2011, 17:27, closed)

^^This^^

( sutit only the crumbliest, flakiest posts, Thu 17 Nov 2011, 17:33, closed)

fuckedy!
very very impressive work! always fancied a go at making venetian masks and my current brief involves the theme of masks so YAY! you have given me my final piece and also some powerful inspiration. thank ya kindly!
(DreddPirateBob has watched every scifi film ever on, Fri 18 Nov 2011, 11:13, closed)

Those are...
...fantastic! Shame the tusked mask didn't work out, did you consider making latex castings so they'd be flexible enough to de-mould?

BTW, love the Deri Air blog as well!
(Harry Webshiter Spiggley biggley bog., Tue 22 Nov 2011, 22:58, closed)