Making Heads

Can anyone out there guess what I'm working on this week?  Well, Em was accepted into the One of a Kind show here in Chicago (a big deal about which thee will be more information to come), so I'm working on making pieces for her display.  More specifically, I'm working on jazzing up some styrofoam heads.

I made a couple of these about a year ago, but I started with the old flour and water and wet newspaper mess.  To save time, and because I apparently hate the Earth, I decided to use a base head made of styrofoam this time.  I kept my idea of using strips of finished crossword puzzles as the covering.  It has a quirky feel while still having a touch of class. I also like the fact that that the puzzles have been filled in because it gives the thing an extra bit of humanity.

It's been fun, even for a guy who's afraid of mannequins.

Here's a quick picture that I took with the Photo Booth application, so it's certainly not as good as it could be.  It's enough to give you an idea, though.  (ADAM)