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Red Death

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Red Death by Amy Crook

Red Death by Amy Crook

This piece has a bit of a story to it. It’s a large monoprint, with a very small etching plate near the center of the paper. The two more random images were created by mixing up the blood-red ink and then smushing it between two plates, and then printing the result. I love the way the bottom image looks a bit like a heart (of the anatomical sort), while the left image seems to hold a whole world of secrets, a landscape of crimson mystery.

The etching plate is part of a series I started and never finished, depicting Neil Gaiman’s Endless from his Sandman comic series — but not the people, the ideas they represented. This plate was, I think, the most successful, the image for Death. I did print a single edition of the plates by themselves, and I’ll post those next month sometime (very Halloween appropriate).

Together the 3 images seem to tell a story, or to invite the viewer to tell their own story. I think every piece of art has something to say to the viewer, but not every person gets the same message. I’m always curious what a piece says to other people — what does this one say to you?

Red Death, 22.5″x16″ etching and monoprint on watercolor paper, $699 with free shipping.

Red Death, detail, by Amy Crook

Red Death, detail, by Amy Crook

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Catty

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Catty by Amy Crook

Catty by Amy Crook

This piece was once described as looking like she was wearing a black rubber catsuit, though as the bronze has aged the patina’s gotten some flecks of blue-green verdigris on it that adds an unusual texture. She’s another of my little bronze people series, so the figure is about the size of a child’s doll. I always liked the way the lines of her body combined the lush, heart-shaped derriere with long, slender limbs and a smooth, featureless face to be both sensual and faintly creepy.

The person who bought it was kind enough to send me a better photo than the ones I had, since I wanted to post the whole series and not just the ones I had left.

Catty, approx. 12″ long cast bronze, sold.

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Weeble Wednesday: Me!

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Amy Crook cartoon by Amy Crook

Amy Crook cartoon by Amy Crook

Last but not least of the six cartoons I did of a group of my friends, I bring you — me! I personally rather like being a weeble, it gives me lots of freedom to do things like make my hair even longer, and wear t-shirts I don’t actually own. I do, however, own the pyjama pants, and they are just as awesome as you think they are.

And no, I still won’t explain the bunny ears.

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Weeble Wednesday: Delta

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Weeble Delta by Amy Crook

Weeble Delta by Amy Crook

Yet another of my friends who I weeble-ified, Delta’s got a weakness for blank books like many of us but she actually fills hers with regular journaling. She loves snakes as well, hence the t-shirt (she’s not-so-secretly a Slytherin at heart).

If you’re enjoying these weebles, remember that you, too, can be a cartoon for just $79.

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Spelunking

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Spelunking, joined view, by Amy Crook

Spelunking, joined view, by Amy Crook

Continuing the series of little bronze people, these two are taking a fairly standard position but using an alternate entry point. If I recall correctly, this is the figure that had a problem with the orifice in question closing up during casting. The shop tech was highly amused to watch me clamp her in a vice and drill her open with the big metal drill press. As a result the fit between them isn’t quite as close as some of the others, but it still works for them.

Spelunking, approx. 4″w x 10″l x 7″h when joined.

Spelunking, separated view, by Amy Crook

Spelunking, separated view, by Amy Crook

I’ve often considered continuing the series exploring other sexual paradigms, but the foundry I was using at the time has since closed. Perhaps one of these days my muse will demand I find a new way to create them. For now, there’s still one more couple and at least one more single figure to be posted before the series is done, and possibly more of the singles if I can dig up some good photos of the ones that were sold.

Categories: Nudes and Other Sexy Things, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books
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Weeble Wednesday: Isidore

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Weeble Isidore by Amy Crook

Weeble Isidore by Amy Crook

Yet another of my buddies, Isidore is wearing her Hufflepuff colors in her weeble. I went for an argyle sweater and saddle shoes to spiff up her simple jeans, and of course had to add in a book on one of her favorite subjects, the British royal family.

If you’re enjoying these weebles, remember that you, too, can be a cartoon for just $79.

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Submission

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Submission, front view, by Amy Crook

Submission, front view, by Amy Crook

This is another of my small bronze figures, and in her pose she’s small enough to fit heavily into one hand. The texture of her hair was created by painstakingly building up wax layer after layer in drips and drizzles, shielding her face from view while leaving the long line of her back bare. She kneels in a submissive pose with her hands held behind her, unbound.

Her patina has darkened with age and handling from a nutty brown to a deep mahogany, and her matte finish tends to swallow the light, adding an air of mystery.

Submission, approx. 3″w x 3″d x 4″h, not for sale.

Submission, back view, by Amy Crook

Submission, back view, by Amy Crook

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