Which Witch?

A couple of extras for the short film Myrtle the Witch are no longer needed, so in their redundancy I've made them available for sale this Halloween. Here are some photos of these characters. Made using wire, polymer clay, paint, silk and other mixed media. They're actually in 1:12 scale, so they're smaller than you'd think. See a previous post about making them here.

Once you've become tired of scrolling through witch photos below, you'll see more of my Halloween costume which I have barely worked on at all since I've been so madly busy lately! In the words of the now fallen Rolf Harris, "can you guess what it is yet?" (Previous post about costume here).

And in other news, I saw 'The Book of Life' at a screening at FOX Studios on Sunday and thought the look of the film was quite unique and imaginative. Worth a look, if only for the design of the world. The New York Street at FOX looks so much fun in the California heat, with palm trees visible just feet away!

Keeping the Company of Hags and Crones

Another update so soon? This was how I intended to write my blog when I first started it and finally I am having time to work, blog, work, blog and move at the pace I intended!

So today's progress - another witch of the gardening variety - Petunia Ditchwater.
I stood these witches on an existing set which I have out at the moment as it's being photographed for a magazine (the set not the witches!). These are just quick snaps... not studio lit or anything. It's 92 degrees outside and wonderful warm sunlight was flooding all over that set, so that's why I popped them on it.

I'm not in love with the design but as these first witches are very much background characters in 'Myrtle the Witch' it doesn't matter a great deal that I didn't achieve a particularly satisfying result. Besides if there's time I'll re-conceive and re-do.

More characters and sets to come. Big thanks to everyone who has clicked over to the Facebook page to 'like' and those that joined this blog in order to follow my progress and be involved.