Welcome To The Madhouse: 2015

Friday, 11 December 2015

OOAK Dolls

OOAK Dolls means one of a kind dolls. These are dolls created from other dolls. Typically people will use mass produced dolls and add more detail or create something entirely new. One person whose work I thoroughly enjoy is lulemee. She typically takes Disney dolls and repaints them to look more expressive and realistic to the character. Here are some examples of her work as well as a link to her deviantart: http://lulemee.deviantart.com/

Snow White

Esmeralda

An example of one doll being turned into another. In this case, Cinderella into the Blue Fairy. Blue Fairy OOAK Doll by lulemee

Aurora

Unlike other dolls this is a repaint of a limited edition doll from the Disney Store. The edition size of the original doll was 4,000.

Rapunzel

Merida

Anna

Another limited edition repaint. The original's edition size was 2,500.

Anna with a frozen heart.

Elsa

A commission of Elsa compared to her original doll and her appearance in the movie.

Not Disney: Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly.

Friday, 4 December 2015

Robots

Friday, 13 November 2015

The Yellow Parrot-Like Bird

For today, I figured I'd share what I've been doing in class since I am very close to completing it. We were given the assignment to papier-mache anything with the fallback being a bird, good thing I was planning on doing a bird anyway. I decided to depict a bird someone very close and important to me often dreamed about. He dreamed of a yellow parrot-like bird who would come and save him from torment, swooping down and lifting him to a paradise, soaring high above everyone and everything else. I used a paper towel roll for the body and some cardboard for the wings. I bunched up newspaper for the head. I then used newspaper to papier-mache most of the body. Because the yellow paint was too light and didn't cover the newspaper I added a white coat first and next I plan to paint it yellow. Sadly I don't have a picture so I chose a phoenix to represent the bird. My teacher made a comment yesterday asking if my bird was like a phoenix and in a way it is. The phoenix represents rising from the ashes as I believe the person I made this for has done. I can't wait to finish it, I hope if he were here he would love it.

I could not find who made this but the credit goes to them.

Friday, 30 October 2015

Joseph Cornell

Five pieces I like and why.
1.

The bird is pretty cute and it looks like he's in a little kitchen!

2.

Though it's untitled it's often referred to as 'Pink Palace' which appeals to me immediately. I feel like if you step back you can see people moving.

3.

This reminds me of a silent film background like in 'A Trip to the Moon'.

4.

I like how dreamy this is. It's like this girl is flying away, playing with her ball, not worried about anything.

5.

Swans are pretty cool. They look sweet but don't make them mad!

Friday, 23 October 2015

Kathe Kollwitz

I came across Kathe Kollwitz a week or two ago while watching a documentary about World War I, I felt her art was incredibly moving and powerful, so when looking for people to do this entry on, I was pleased to see her again. Kollwitz's work was very much based on her grief and the grief of others after the war, her son Peter died during the war and her sadness is reflected in her art. Kathe Kollwitz is someone I would love to learn more about for her art and politics-which were socialism, pacifism, and she displayed interest in communism but I'll let that slide. Her art has such emotion to it you can see it clearly and feel the pain, she is truly one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.