The Red Devil:
Actually it’s an attempt at making a life size facsimile of a Kamar Dikkens. A what…yes that’s right, a Kamar Dikkens. They invented the knee-hugging elf thing…I think. But before (or during) that time there was this little devil I found on ebay while looking for things for the new house. I was looking for a ceramic devil but found this. As soon as I saw it I thought, “That thing is creepy and cute and just weird all at once so I must have it.” I subsequently bought a few more and placed them in corners of the house. Because I’m weird. For many years I had thought of trying a more human sculpture than the Cigar Store Punch so I decided to make a life size…sort of…Dikkens. I decided to give it actual hands and feet to make it look a little more real, so they were sculpted separately. The face was sculpted in clay first, then cast in a rubber mold: this is before I learned of the magic that is silicone molding. The final face is cast from Bondo. To misquote Thomas Edison, I learned a lot of ways not to make different parts of the body. I wasn’t worried about getting body proportions exact because it’s a replica of a toy, but it had to also look believable. As a first attempt I am very happy with it and it now resides at the top of the stairs with a few of his little compatriots.
