Just sent another promo flyer off to the printers – should be a fine show, based on the generally wicked-yet-lovely-and-nice … More
Author: alittleart
A while back I ran away from a twentymumble-year corporate career to be a feckless art student. Since then I've dirtied my hands with, metaphorically and/or literally, bronze and ceramic sculpture, photography, and digital and traditional illustration. Mask making was one discovery, dovetailing with my interests in teaching and performing improvised theatre.
Handy dandy website of the week – Texturemate
Photoshop has a lively community of people who make handy textures, brushes, tutorials and patterns available for free – sometimes … More
Miss December?
The Captain
My happy smiling full face manly mask was among those making a debut onstage last night.
Greta, the mask
The original Greta became a famous actress despite her famously imobile face. Maybe this one will do as well?
Mask workshop
I took six members of the Wellington Improv Troupe through some techniques for making theatrical character masks, passing on what … More
Remains of my day
Today several friends from the Wellington Improvisation Troupe came round to have their faces cast in plaster, using expired dental … More
Making masks
I’ve been making some masks over the last few weeks – using a low temperature melt thermoplastic (Instamorph, a similar … More
Restoring old photographs
I love the aesthetics of old photographs – especially the early ones where the photographer was using natural, uncertain light, … More
Nearly netsuke – working in bone
I spent last week trying a new medium (bone), working with mostly new tools (dremel with dental bits, jewellery files … More
A Little Art 