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Working up a mask from life

I spent last weekend in a portrait class that focused on understanding how faces twist to express emotions.  On Sunday we worked…

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Going dotty

Ink dots – stippling if you want to use the correct term – are one of my favourite ways of…

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Exploding heads – silly fun

Recently my partner and I joined Chalkle, a wonderful group of local people who love to do stuff, and love…

makeup, special effects, zombie

Opening night show photos – The Young and the Witless

Compilation

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The Young and the Witless VI

Another great show from the Wellington Improv Troupe is due to start soon, a nine week soap opera, and I’ve been having…

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Instamorph? What is this Instamorph of which you speak?!

Instamorph is the brand name of low-temperature thermoplastic pellets which I make into sheets and then mould into my masks.…

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Experimental timelapse scribbling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qZ8EnJoJMY Still working out how to do this! The end result (and thanks as always to m’lovely friends who let…

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Queenie

More inky scribbles, and more trying to figure out how wrinkles work.

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The demon truck

On a photography night-walk through the city I encountered this wonderfully lit demolition site, with the gates open to allow…

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Norman

Pen and ink, with a dip pen … I always forget how much I enjoy using the stuff, and then…

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