Mydwynter Studios

sketch: one-a-day: MERMAID FRESCO

bran — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:01:25 +0000

…Well, not quite a fresco. More like a “whatever tools I wanted to try out”-o.

Experiment with my new Nomad Brush and ArtRage on the iPad.

Science Fiction Wedding Invitation and Program

bran — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:40:56 +0000

Photoshop

This wedding invitation was conceived, designed, and and digitally hand-painted for an unusual wedding in June of 2010. It was printed on 11×17 glossy poster paper, double-sided. [Click to view detail.]

Front:

Back:

Detail of first panel:

Detail of second panel:

Detail of third panel:

The wedding program front:

Wedding program back:

medieval Turkish illuminated wedding contract

bran — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:48:08 +0000

Summer 2011
Bristol board, gouache, calligraphy ink

This large piece was commissioned for a wedding to serve in the same vein as a Jewish ketubah or a Quaker wedding contract. Its design combines elements both of a particular medieval islamic illuminated manuscript (on display at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art in Istanbul) and that of a type of medieval Turkish ceramic tiles called “Iznik” tiles. The colour scheme is taken directly from the latter.

The calligraphy was designed to look similar to the Arabic calligraphic cursive scripts Thuluth and Naskh, but at the same time be legible as English. (The words themselves were chosen by the bride and groom, and are adapted from Khalil Gibran’s “The Prophet”.)

At the ceremony, the couple and the guests all signed it in the appropriate spaces, creating a visual documentation of the couple’s commitment to each other and the community’s commitment to support them in their lives together. [Click to view detail.]

red and black eyelash mask

bran — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:56:33 +0000

ca 2006
leather, acrylic paint, polyester cord

This is just one of a group of masks I created for an exhibition back in 2006. [Click to view detail.]

blue and copper eyelash mask

bran — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:49:26 +0000

ca 2006
leather, acrylic paint, polyester cord

This is just one of a group of masks I created for an exhibition back in 2006. [Click to view detail.]

green botanical mask

bran — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:40:16 +0000

ca 2006
leather, acrylic paint, polyester cord

This is just one of a group of masks I created for an exhibition back in 2006. [Click to view detail.]

red devil mask

bran — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:18:26 +0000

2006

leather, acrylic paint, polyester cord

I really enjoy the way the texture comes through to look like leathery, tough, demon skin. The entire piece is handmade, both the sculpted leather mask & the painting.

sugar skull mask

bran — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:15:23 +0000

January 2011
leather, acrylic paint, polyester cord

I made this sugar skull mask specifically to donate to the Charleston Pride Festival for their silent auction.
I enjoyed the creativity involved in designing the mask so that it portrayed a skull in spite of its rather-generic shape. The entire piece was handmade, including the leather mask itself.
Buy it in the Mydwynter Studios shop!

sugar skull plaque

bran — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:04:18 +0000

fall 2010
acrylic paint and marker on mdf

This is a quick little project I whipped up, inspired by Dia de los Muertos. I have a similarly-themed alcove in my kitchen, and this will be a colourful addition.

phrenology head

bran — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:51:30 +0000

2009
Mixed media, including: papier mache, paint, handmade felt

This model of a phrenology head works well not only as a model on which I can sculpt some headdresses and masks, but when not in use if makes a dandy stand for my favourite top hat.