crystalica.

I know it has been a while since I have made anything but it's just that I have been a little busy with other projects that I focused my time more on. When summer began, I said to myself that I would make more pieces, the end of summer came along and unfortunately I hadn't made anything. On one of my days off from work, I had nothing to do and all of a sudden I woke up very inspired from my sleep and began sketching right away.

This piece was inspired a lot by crystals and minerals which are always a huge inspiration for me because not only do they go hand in hand with my geometric style, but I am so fascinated with the structure of them and how something that is natural and comes from earth can be so perfectly structured.

Usually before I even begin to sketch a mask, I first think of a shape I want to utilize throughout my piece, simply to challenge myself to make it unique and more interesting. In this case I used only 2x4 inch rhombuses which were made out of two equilateral 60 60 60 triangles. As I began constructing my piece, I thought it would be interesting to incorporate a shape on the face that would draw attention so I decided to make a star that covered the eyes and simply revealed from the nose down.

 

As an add on to this series I also decided to make a neck collar that went with the mask. Overall I am very pleased with the outcome of these pieces and I hope you guys like it!

 

[Neck Collar]

[Final Result]