The Land of the Dead
I started this last winter, before my crazy class schedule began. This isn’t really finished yet. I had bigger plans (more dead guys, for one thing) but I want to start the next one, and I’ve decided to let this be an introduction to what I’m doing in my barn.
Below is a study I did last night, before I finished making the dead Daddy-O’s. I decided to make Frida be black and white like the citizens of her town. I like how this picture turned out.
I have always loved paper-mâché, and I rediscovered while helping my daughter with a school project. I got the idea for this from a drawing I did in someone’s sketchbook for the sketchbook swap:
I am interested in seeing what happens when I try and make real world models of my drawings. When I was a kid I mixed flour and water (and maybe glue). Now, I’m using glue and water and the Baltimore City Paper.
More to come – there’s a lot going on in the Land of the Dead.
Tags: Dia de los Muertos, drawing, Frida Kahlo, Paper Mache, skeletons
June 7th, 2009 at 1:02 am
[...] is for this. Making these guys was extremely [...]
June 7th, 2009 at 8:16 am
when may i move in? this is FAB.
June 7th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Dear Dead Tam,
You can move in just as soon as we get your papers….
Sincerely,
Mr. Undertaker
June 7th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
You have created an amazingly cool playground. A perfect time to have the new camera too, the depth of field shots look awesome!! I’m looking forward to further adventures!!!
June 7th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
@Neil: Yessir. I’m pretty psyched to see what else is in there. :) Thanks!
June 8th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
This is too cool.
I love that the buildings and stuff are 3-D and the people are 2-D. It makes it even better that they are dead. Because of course dead people can’t be 3-D :)
June 8th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
@jody – I’m glad we understand each other.
June 8th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Jimmy, this rocks. I desperately want to see and hear these guys moving around.
I love the way the drunk guy moves farther into the frame from one photo to the next. I guess drunk guys don’t stop doing that, even after they’re dead.
June 8th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Thanks Chas. I think that’s a fine idea.
June 9th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
AWWWWWWE-some!!! Love this!