Made this lil’ guy for Donkey Skin! NOTE: In case you’re unaware, “Donkey Skin” is the title/subject of the upcoming Scholarly Banana book. I don’t know anyone named Donkey Skin, if that’s where your mind went. But, to be fair, donkeyskin was Ben’s Xbox Live ID back in the early aughts! That was excellent.
Anyway, this thing is a riff on the emblem of King Louis XIV of France, aka The Sun King. Until this afternoon, I’ve been keeping the central piece in an old plastic bin, held together with Blu Tack and Glue Dots. (I don’t like “finishing” my book sculptures in case I want to repurpose or rearrange pieces down the line. I’m equal parts cheap and lazy.) But I really like this one! And I would be sad if little Louis broke, which he 100% definitely would if I left him to get crushed in that bin. So I peeled off the temporary glue, finished it with actual glue, framed it with another forgotten sculpture that was also destined for breakage, and displayed the thing on the wall like some world-class art collector who needs to free up bin space.
Made with Super Sculpey, cardstock, craft acrylics, metallic pigments, and craft sticks. And for a while, Blu Tack and Glue Dots.
