Virtual reality play 2

Same process as described in virtual reality 1 post. 

 

virtual reality play 1

From actual to virtual.

I took selfies of my image in a solo zoom call on the computer, with the background of an art piece, and then i put sculptural elements of that same art piece (various stages) onto the keyboard... then photo, print, colour with pencil and:

 

Crystals

 

Home grown crystals
Some objects submerged in crystal solution and left to sprout crystals (and then chiseled as desired). 
Other objects such as twigs and collage pieces were decorated with crystal shards from the aforementioned chiseling process. 

scorpions flesh

 

hags hands

 

Cosmic Cosmetics

 

from scraps to stages

From collage work i end up with a lot of material that goes unused; scraps. 
So I've started to recycle these scraps into little theatres to present and photograph objects. here are an examples of two of these first attempts: 

RoosenMocks stage for jewelry to be displayed containing in the background the legendary John Anderson rose. 

Mad scientist experiments