More progress on Ian’s wax.
Ian, let me know what you think of the eye placement. I can go small and beady like the image or I can make them larger and more skull-like. Once we get those settled I’ll know how big I can make the ears.
Meanwhile, Shawn – an artist for Marvel and Oni – is getting two pieces made. I can’t show one of them, because its kind of a surprise gift for a friend of his. The other piece is a Big Voodoo with three concentric circles on the forehead.
This piece just needs more. Maybe Shawn’s a minimalist, but I’m wondering if the rings should be dimensional instead of simply carved into the forehead. I could take a cylinder of was like this:
…and cut it like a loaf of cookie dough to get a nice bullseye shape to set like a gemstone in the forehead of the skull. I suppose it depends on how sleek Shawn wants this bad boy to be. Shawn, let me know what you think. Also, what kind of attitude should this skull have?
Now I obviously can’t shoot the surprise gift he’s commissioned, but I can tell you its going to get made from this pendant wax that I never finished. I started making this for a client who changed his mind halfway through and went in a different direction with a ring.
It would have been fun to finish, but it’s almost the exact width and shape for what I’m going to do next. I’ll post images of the finished piece once I hear from Shawn that he’s given it to the lucky sonofabitch. Shawn, I also forgot to ask you if you wanted any gemstones involved.
Finally going to be getting away from just a bunch of pictures of waxes and start posting some METAL next week. I’m expecting to finish Mike’s Japanese ring, the massive Boss Voodoo as well as that Blues Power Ring for the Nathan Morgan Trio. Stay tuned.
Skullworks 