Please don't read this of you don't want to read about facial reconstruction.
So, I finished working on Mr. Mangledface, and he looks pretty good. All of the rebuilding was done from the inside, his skin was all there, just a bit slashed, which helps (um, that it was all there, not that it was slashed). I had the facial bones and jaw bones put together in less than 2 hours, and after that it was just a matter of building up the nose (luckily I had a great photo of him before so that I could get the proper nose width and shape) where there had once been cartilage and stitching the two sides of his face together using my white floss and a hidden stitch (which brought the skin together without making a bump traveling from the hairline, along the bridge of the nose and over to the right cheek). A bit more bone work was done on the skull and stitching done in the hair, and viola! he’s (almost) done. Now I just have to wait until the clay in the face dries and hardens so that I can go over the small gaps in the stitches with what I can only describe as bondo (that car stuff), so that the “seam” doesn’t show at all.
Man, that was fun. I love my job.
This is some of the most fascinating stuff ever. Keep it up.
ReplyDeleteI just love that we're talking about a dead guy here and you're all, "viola!".
ReplyDeleteI think people need to see the funny (or at least emotionless) side of death. This is great.
You know, its actually scary, the "emotionless" side of death. I mean, sometimes I wonder when it will catch up with me...
ReplyDeleteI think it is interesting that you can separate life from the shells that we use for a little while then give back to the Earth. It's a distinction that a lot of people can't make. I look forward to reading more about your thought process in the upcoming posts.
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