Photoshop This wedding invitation was conceived, designed, and and digitally hand-painted for an unusual wedding in June of 2010. It was printed on 11×17 glossy poster paper, double-sided. [Click to view detail.] Front: Back: Detail of first panel: Detail of second panel: Detail of third panel: The wedding program front: Wedding program...
Learn MoreSummer 2011 Bristol board, gouache, calligraphy ink This large piece was commissioned for a wedding to serve in the same vein as a Jewish ketubah or a Quaker wedding contract. Its design combines elements both of a particular medieval islamic illuminated manuscript (on display at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art in Istanbul) and that of a type of medieval Turkish...
Learn Moreca 2006 leather, acrylic paint, polyester cord This is just one of a group of masks I created for an exhibition back in 2006. [Click to view...
Learn Moreca 2006 leather, acrylic paint, polyester cord This is just one of a group of masks I created for an exhibition back in 2006. [Click to view...
Learn Moreca 2006 leather, acrylic paint, polyester cord This is just one of a group of masks I created for an exhibition back in 2006. [Click to view...
Learn More2006 leather, acrylic paint, polyester cord I really enjoy the way the texture comes through to look like leathery, tough, demon skin. The entire piece is handmade, both the sculpted leather mask & the...
Learn MoreJanuary 2011 leather, acrylic paint, polyester cord I made this sugar skull mask specifically to donate to the Charleston Pride Festival for their silent auction. I enjoyed the creativity involved in designing the mask so that it portrayed a skull in spite of its rather-generic shape. The entire piece was handmade, including the leather mask itself. Buy it in...
Learn Morefall 2010 acrylic paint and marker on mdf This is a quick little project I whipped up, inspired by Dia de los Muertos. I have a similarly-themed alcove in my kitchen, and this will be a colourful addition.
Learn More2009 Mixed media, including: papier mache, paint, handmade felt This model of a phrenology head works well not only as a model on which I can sculpt some headdresses and masks, but when not in use if makes a dandy stand for my favourite top...
Learn MoreWinter 2010-11 Mixed Media, including (but not limited to) felt, cotton floss, faux-fur, repurposed and/or reclaimed Near-Eastern jewelry This hat was inspired both by medieval mongolian hats as well as a specific one which I saw in a book on Scythian art and culture. Several of the metal pieces have been aged and distressed, and the patches on the side were...
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