A
portrait study of freak show performers with physical deformities that
deform our reality, and human oddities that oddly enough, we cannot help
but revel in. This series is inspired by circus posters from the late
19th century, along with Edwardian fashion and classic film portraiture.
Photographed by: Philip Rostron
[ Created: 2013-2014 ]
THE PROCESS:
A behind-the-scenes look into the creation process
and the many details that went into creating this year long series. The
characters are created from clay, costumes are sewn or painted, sets are
built and finally they're photographed. Sometimes people think that my
work is digital or created in a format other than sculpture. I wanted to
show that it is in not created digitally in any way, just a lot of time
consuming hands on sculpture work.
~ AMELIA & CORDELIA ~
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| Symmetry is very important when creating twins, I had a lot of tweaking of facial features so they match very closely. |
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| Curling and styling the hair. Originally Amelia & Cordelia were supposed to have black hair, but I couldn't resist the deep red color that matched their eye colour perfectly. I can only control so much, the characters take over from there. |
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| The most enjoyable part: costume creation. Mixing sculpture, fabrics, painting, and miscellaneous found objects. |
~ BEARDED HELENA ~
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~ UNCLE EDGAR ~
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| First round of sculpting Uncle Edgar. |
~ ANNABELLE WHITE ~
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| Smooth as a baby's bottom |
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| I got a brand new sewing machine before starting on Annabelle's outfit. A good, functional machine makes all the difference. I was so frustrated using my grandma's machine from the 1970's. |
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| Completed dress and under garnments. |
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~ OCTAVIA ~
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| I wasn't planning on giving the second set of eyes eyebrows, but I had to. The expression was getting thrown off without eyebrows. |
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| Sometimes it's easier to shoot the set laying down then figuring out how to hang things up vertically. Lesson learned. |
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