This is an interest list for a run of ceramic Geisha mask sculptures like the one in Rick Deckard's apartment in Blade Runner;
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I am the proud owner of an original mid-century geisha mask sculpture very similar to the screen-seen mask so I am basing the new piece on the detail and dimensions of an original vintage mask rather than by just using screen captures. My own vintage mask is cast in metal (aluminium or a pewter type alloy of some kind) but I am going to re-create the
appearance of the screen-used item which looks like porcelain. The only masks like this to ever come to light have all been brass 'pressings' except for mine which is cast. The finished sculptures will be hand-made by me from the same ceramic material as my recent run of Asian wise-man statues from the same film. They will have a silky white glazed surface and be mounted on a screen-accurate black painted wood base with a clear acrylic rod mount. In order that no-one thinks I am passing off this piece as an original mid-century sculpture I will be clearly marking each mask on the reverse with my own impressed stamp to identify it as a new work, as I did for the previous Wise man sculptures. This mark won't be visible when the mask is displayed. The back of the masks will be un-finished. The original mask is currently undergoing 'restoration' after living a hard life and I will be making my casting mold in the next week or so;
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I am a full-time artist-maker and I will be creating these sculptures myself, by hand, one piece at a time in my small studio workshop using 'negative' moulds made from hard potter's plaster which will enable casting in liquid clay. If you saw my previous run of ceramic sculptures you will know I now have some experience with this technique.
This isn't going to be some cheap chunk of resin like you might find on eBay, it's going to be a fine hand-made ceramic sculpture so It won’t be quick or cheap but it is going to be an awesome interior-design statement piece regardless of it's association with Blade Runner. I have deliberately waited until I am ready to make my mould and start test castings before posting this thread. As with my previous project run I will only ask for payment when finished pieces are ready to send out.
Pack contents offered in this run will be;
1x hand cast ceramic Geisha mask with a post-mounting block on the reverse.
1x Black-painted solid wood display base, 120x120x50mm with soft felt bottom
1x 6mm clear acrylic rod mounting post.
Price will be published when I have got my first casts out, bought some display bases and sourced packaging.
The small print;
The thing everyone needs to remember about this piece is that it's most definitely not perfect. The mid-century original I'm using has a bit of 'twist' on the top-knot and a few small tooling marks around the eyes and mouth. It's also being made by a relative newcomer to the world of ceramics (I'm primarily a glass-worker) so please study the pictures of the original, the restored mask and upcoming details as they emerge.
Right, I think that's it. Anybody want one?
Interest list;
1. JetSetWilly
2. stussy
3. Trooper_trent
4. RipleyL
5. centre68
6. MandoJedi
7. TangoGirafarig
8. Darthwhitey
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