* All pricing is reflective of the piece shown and/or the price for a comparable commission.
Headache (2025), mixed media paper mache, cardboard, newspaper. ($150)
My designs and sketches of the animal I wanted to make from various angles (with a focus on the parts I knew I would struggle with). I also made notes on size and materials I would use for armature construction & surface treatment (above).
Photos of the base armature to showcase how the construction came together. It's legs, ears, and tail were added with my first surface layer (right).
Waterhouse Hoarding (2025), cardboard. ($50)
Wanderer Above a Sea of Clay (2025), paper clay.
Photo of the finished Waterhouse Hoarding from the side to showcase scale.
Photo of Waterhouse Hoarding in progress.
Photo of Waterhouse Hoarding in progress. I was testing how all of the main layers would stack together.
The paradigm artworks referenced for the assignment for context. A Mermaid (1900), John William Waterhouse (1) The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog (1818), Caspar David Friedrich.
Cirra Shark, RN (2025), copper wire. ($50)
Designs and thumbnails as I worked out what I wanted to create, alongside estimated measurements and notes on materials I could use. Upon deciding on creating a nurse shark- Cirra Shark, LPN- I made a palm-sized, 3d "thumbnail" to practice using the wire I had and roughly see how I wanted the form to look and move.
Revival Mortis (2025), copper & steel wire. ($35)
Biscuits the Bob-Tailed Cat (2025), soap.Â
Ink Lies Bleeding (2025), fabric, newspaper, cardboard, pool noodles.
Designs and notes on potential materials for the armature and surface.
Sinner//Saint (2025), copper wire. ($75)
Designs for portfolio builders, with notes on materials and conceptual attachments (right, top). A photo of the headpiece in progress as I was checking on how the piece moved around my own head (right, bottom).