Hello, and welcome to the more interesting aspect of my site. I feel ever discouraged from creating because paper mache is a very drawn out process. It literally takes dozens upon dozens of hours to create some of my pieces. All statues take up cubic space and with every new statue comes the task of where and how to store it. With some of my newer ideas, the aspect of how I can store it compactly can greatly influence what the final outcome will be.

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001

001 is numerically and obviously my first complete statue. I call it a self-portrait but most identify it as SalaMander, Lava Man. It is the result of an estimated 550 hours of construction time over one and a half years. For all that would think it, I am not wearing body paint or a morph suit. It is completely hollow and filled with the shredded poetry contest submissions. I sometimes joke of its origins of it being literally stuffed with shredded dreams, hopes and aspirations.

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002

002 is my second statue. I call it Digging Out The White. It has an estimated 250 hours of construction time. I started it April 11th, 2010 and finished it September of that same year. It’s made of paper, a wood base and marbles.

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003

003 has Dream Demon as a moniker. It is resting on a series of wooden slates nailed together. It has an estimated 350 hours construction time spanning multiple months. It was originally supposed to be hanging on a wall, but the paper mache holding the limbs on the board weren’t strong enough to keep it on in the long term.

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004

004 or ArmFoot 2.0, is so far the only piece of my collection that I intended to keep, but I sold it to a friend instead. Sadly, I don’t have better pictures of the finished statue. It was inspired by a piece by H.R. Giger called ArmFoot. I had replaced Giger’s tattoo gun with a paint brush and the high heel, that he was so fond, of with a version of feet that I do. Also, it is balancing on it’s knee instead of it’s elbow. I made it completely black with the hand painting the leg various green colours in a single brush stroke. Perhaps I shall revisit it in the future.

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005

005 is perhaps one of my more compact pieces. I took an extended hiatus from paper maching from about March 2011 until September of that year. It is self balancing like ArmFoot 2.0. It only takes up butt space so it fits on tiny tables. It has several names such as Genie, Closed Off, Lonely. This particular piece also made it into an exhibition(Alongside 007) at the Sir Harry Oaks Museum and Gallery as part of the Boreal North Sculpture Association’s 4th Juried Exhibition. The exhibition took place Febuary 5th 2011 until March 10th, 2011. It did not place in the competition or receive any honourable mentions. It did get favourable reviews though.

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006

006 actually has a real name. I call it the Foot Eating Hand. In a bid to diversify my storage capabilities, I created this one to hang on a wall or to be placed upright on a surface. An estimated 50 hours to complete.

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007

007 is titled Snail Man. This piece also made it into an exhibition(Alongside 005) at the Sir Harry Oaks Museum and Gallery as part of the Boreal North Sculpture Association’s 4th Juried Exhibition. The exhibition took place Febuary 5th 2011 until March 10th, 2011. It did not place in the competition or receive any honourable mentions. It did get favourable reviews though.

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