The Monstrous Drive to Create!

Modelling the Tui costume - photo by Stephen A'Court

In a few of my last posts (yes - very sporadic they have been!) I mentioned that one of my big projects was Monster Burlesque....

You can check out what is Monster Burlesque at that blog...

But essentially I deviated from my usual creative path of jewellery and objects to fulfil a childhood dream of creating and costuming a fantastical stage show.

It has been a huge push - and definately worth the effort - and has left me with a wealth of experiences, images, ideas and things never-to-do-again!

Here is a wee interview on the local Good Morning show - breakfast TV - which due to the mainstream nature of the audience, took the most "traditional" element of the show, the Tui dance.



The Avian Belle and Hugo Monster



If it had been my choice, I would have given them the monsters, my favourite costumes, and certainly the hardest to make!

Hugo, the giant blue headed monster from all the publicity shots, was the first of the monsters. He was a challenge for me, as much as I love carving, the huge jump in scale took me a bit to get a hold of.

Usually I am carving with an eye for detail and in millimeters.... this was all about broad brush strokes, and getting the size right in proportion to the human body.

There are also three other monsters, which I hope to post images of soon - when my computer stops hiding things from me!

Til then...

xx