The Dinner of a Dancing Bear

One time I stumbled onto a picture of a sloth bear and thought to myself "That is probably the cutest bear to ever live". Then I found out it pretty much has the highest attack rate of any species of bear. Also it's been said that the sloth bear has been know to eat people. So here is a series of four images that popped into my head when I first heard this. By the way, dating back to the 13th century, sloth bears of been used as dancing bears in India (which was
banned in 1972)

The Dinner of a Dancing Bear (In four parts)

A special thanks to
Meghan K. Baier for taking the photos and Kaitlyn Kanzler for assisting.

The Sloth Bear

last week I finally buckled down and added the final touches onto my newest costume and with the help of two close friends, Meghan Baier and Kaitlyn Kanzler, had a fantastic little photo shoot. I'm still in the process of photo-editing the series, but here's some really nice detail shots of just the mask.

Sloth Bear Mask
Wireform, Paperclay, Lokta paper, Gouache, Gold spray paint

The series will be posted within the next two days... I promise!

Spoiler Warning

So I'm currently working on a new project that is swiftly nearing completion, so I thought it was an appropriate time to upload some process shots... Well at least just a brief glimpse. I'm hoping that given two more weeks the project should be finished, photographed, photo edited and uploaded. I'm excited, you should be too.

Our Savior Aslan!

This past weekend my close friend Alison Dubois held a triple birthday party for herself, me and our other friend KJ. The catch? It was Narnia themed! So a week before the festivities I decided to make this:

Our Savior Aslan
Wireform, Paperclay, Gold spray paint, Lokta paper, Rice paper, Fishing line, and the Holy Bible

Special thanks to Alexander Quinn for taking photos for me! Look at his stuff it's cool!

Domesticated

Finally! New work! It feels so good to finish something.

Inspired by those Youtube videos of mighty lions hugging their human friends.

Domesticated
Foam, Paperclay, Lokta paper, Pastel paper, two gems and a cat collar

I'll leave these textures here

I'll leave these textures here

NYCentral

In regards to obtaining art supplies in New Jersey: Michaels can only do you so much, the local art supply store caters to middle school and high school art classes and Utrecht is an inconvenient forty minute drive away. So this passed weekend I took a journey up north to that marvelous metropolis known as New York City on a hunt for paper. I was told by a good friend that if I was searching for more harder to find types of paper I should definitely check out New York Central Art Supply. When a girl's right she's right! Seriously, their entire second floor was dedicated to every kind of paper that you could possibly dream of. Not only that but organized into which section of the world the papers originated in. Right away I was able to find the paper I needed and along the way learn about it's country of origin and how it was made. All in all good experience!

With that said, I finished that lovely lion and I'll probably upload the photos in the next couple of days.