Waiau Pa Central Market – Sunday 20th October 9am – 1pm, Waiau Pa School Event Centre An Orgone device is an energy device that is composed of three core materials; quartz crystals, metal shavings, and a catalyzing resin. Other materials often include various crystals and rocks, such as selenite, copper coils, and fine metal powders, such as iron oxide. Encasing …
‘Tawhl’ the Dwarf Warrior – Final Character assessment
31 January 2021 – Cutabove Academy Level 5 Diploma Special FX & Prosthetic Makeup Assessment – Today was the big day, 10 months of learning the ropes of prosthetic making, the last and final assessment. The big one…. Since April 2020, I have been learning and been challenged with character design, sculpting, casting, drafting, running to organising a photoshoot to …
Casting of the horns
27 December 2021 – Cutabove Academy, Auckland I told myself I would cast the horns before the end of the year, and today I finally got over my hesitation, using new products, and just did it. For the outer layer, I used a thin coat of Barnes Rotothane, fast setting rigid polyurethane and for the filling I chose Barnes R-Foam …
Face Casting
16 November 2021 – Cutabove Academy Assessment Level 5 Diploma Special FX makeup & prosthetic making Today, I got assessed on the practical skill of face casting, which is the first step to creating the mold for our prosthetic we will use for our final character assessment. We were taught the process, using Alginate and plaster bandages. With the help …
Sock Mold for 2nd horn
13 November 2021 – Cutabove Academy, Auckland I decided to practice a sock mold for the second horn. It is definitely a harder process than the 2 part mold, but I persevered and in the end managed to come up with a satisfactory result. The things I would do different: I used a bit much pinkysil in places and the …
2 Part mold for horns
13 November 2021 – Cutabove Academy, Auckland This week, we learnt how to do a 2-part mold for horns, and I took on the project to fix some broken horns that were in the workshop. I started with deconstructing and cleaning the horns and sculpting the broken off tips with NSP clay. Once that was done the molding process started. …
That Bloody Woman
28 June – 17 July 2021 – Westpoint Performing Art Centre, 190 Meola Road, Auckland MAKEUP ARTIST – WORK EXPERIENCE AUCKLAND MUSIC THEATER- THAT BLOODY WOMAN For the last three weeks, I had the pleasure of helping out behind the scenes of the show That Bloody Woman, by the Auckland Music Theater. It was so much fun, and nice to …
Marquette Sculpting #Part 2
21 October 2021 – Diploma in Special FX & Prosthetic Makeup Artistry Level 5 Assessment – Cut Above Academy Auckland As part of our face casting assessment, we had to choose two designs for marquettes. Dwarf Warrior is my second chosen design; In folklore or fantasy literature, a dwarf is a member of a mythical race of short, stocky humanlike …
Marquette sculpting # Part 1
15 October 2021 – Diploma in Special FX & Prosthetic Makeup Artistry Level 5 Assessment – Cut Above Academy Auckland As part of our face casting assessment, we had to choose two designs for marquettes. Baba Yaga is my first chosen design; Baba Yaga is an old folklore from Eastern Europe. Baba Yaga was used to make children behave, or else …
Makeup and photography challenge “In The Attic”
13 October 2021 – Cut Above Academy – Diploma in Special FX & Prosthetic Makeup Artistry Level 5 Today, create a creepy makeup look from what you have learnt in class and take photos in creepy lighting. Present your photos at 1.30pm on the call. I had so much fun, practicing with thermoplastic and creating dentures and finding a way …