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The monster sculptures of Jordu Schell

Mark Frauenfelder at 9:34 am Thu, May 3, 2012

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Monster Brains has a massive gallery of Schell's work.

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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http://twitter.com/kpkpkp Kevin Pierce

Smithers, release the hounds.
Powell

These are awesome. I wonder what kind of clay/etc he uses?
- Rich Keller
  
  My guess is that an original was sculpted in modeling clay over an armature, a mould was made and then a new positive was cast in resin or silicone. Then the duplicate was colored and detailed from there. The aliens are really nicely done, too.
http://twitter.com/digitalArtform Joseph Francis

Hello, new twitter avatar!
DevinC

Will be sending Jordu Schell invoice for one (1) new pair of underwear (Fruit of the Loom, size M) irredeemably soiled while viewing artwork of same.
Halloween_Jack

Those are incredible; they’re like mug shots from hell.