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2016-03-21 17:42:27

If I could turn back time

Kategori: Props

This is the result of one of the projects we made before christmas last year. We were assigned to build a helmet out of airex, a completely new material to me. The helmet was suppose to have its origins in one of the civilizations that existed during the Bronze Age or the Iron Age. I took inspiration from my own country, Sweden and the helmets that had been found in Uppland, on the eastern coast not far from Stockholm.

2016-03-19 18:48:00

Foxy Lady

Kategori: Projects

So finally the fox head I've been working on for some weeks are now finished. It ha been a long but interesting project where I've learned to work with some new materials. There are a few things that could have been improved, but overall I'm quite happy with how it turned out.

The finished head...

The head is made of latex and then covered in fur. I used both fake fur and real fur from a fox hat I found in a second hand store.

The whiskers are straws from an old paintbrush...

The eyes are hand painted plastic, with a clear plastic lens on top...

The "fox hole" without the fox...

Put together into the final piece...

I wanted the fox to still be "alive" and not mouted like a hunting trophy...

The base is made from styrofoam glued to a masonite board...

Other materials that I used included steel wire, masking tape, saw dust, paint, real dirt, plastic leaves from an old fake plant (re-painted of course), wallpaper paste, glue, screws, a piece of wood...

2016-03-14 21:57:00

Come Together

Kategori: Projects

Some weeks ago me and my classmates had a five day workshop together with Cecilia Iversen. Four very basic ”rooms” had been built in the schools studio and we got to transform them into scenes from different time periods. Me and a group of four other students where assigned to design a kitchen of a collective household from the 70s.

Below you can see our process.