October 06, 2007

Ron Mueck is a former special effects artist and muppet designer turned hyperrealist sculptor. His process is complex(large video warning, dialup users beware), but the results are impressive. (Only first link guaranteed SFW.)

Working in a very different medium, Kittiwat Unarom of Thailand bakes some pretty realistic but edible body parts. For real parts, The Unfortunate Animal of the Month Club at Morbid Tendencies offers strange and twisted stuffies, some incorporating real bits from animals into their design.

posted by Christophine 17 years ago
  • This one looks like the Face of Boe as a child. And I especially like Jesus's Sermon on the Terlet.
  • Omg, I love Ron Mueck and I totally cannot believe this isn't a double. Beaten again! =P
  • I want me one of those big-eyed, no-armed bunnies. But I'm way too commitment-phobic for a monthly subscription.
  • If I had any talent, I'd have tried to be a sculptor, so I found the video about his methods enthralling ("complex" link.) Somehow I had assumed that silicon and fiberglass would be like cheating compared to chipping statues out out of marble. Not so! He bows to the two dimensional (where eyelashes, hair, blemishes, etc., are painted in) and three dimensional (where those and other facts of life are sculpted, one way or another.)