바비인형의 신체 탐험

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jason Freeny는 해부학을 공부하지않았지만 수퍼마리오 몸속을 훤히 꽤뚫어보고있습니다. 지난 5년간 이 예술가는 장난감 인형을 절개하고 거기에 Clay를 체운다음 깎아내며 뼈, 관절, 내장을  재현시켜 유명한 케릭터의 신체 단면을 창조해왔습니다.

 

프리니의 '파내는 작업'은  조각교수였던 부친으로부터 어깨너머로 배운셈인데, 그는 디자인을 전공한 뒤 디지털 일러스트레이터가 되었고, 이 무렵 풍선강아지의 해부도를 처음으로 내놓습니다.

 

그러다 몇년 뒤 금융위기가 터지자  실직당하고 그뒤 6개월만에 빈털털이가 될 무렵 조각에 손을 댑니다.

처음에 3인치짜리 애기모양의 더미 로봇을 사서 안에 찰흙을 넣고 뼈와 장기를 조각하여 이베이에 50달러에 내놨는데 팔렸어요 (자기 생각의 적정 가격의 10배 였죠).

지금은 개당 17,000달러(거의 2천만원)선에 팔립니다.

 

치과의사용 의료기가 그의 주력 도구랍니다. 사용하는 진흙은 에폭시...

제작기간은 한 작품당 평균 6주 안팍 걸리고, 5개 정도를 동시에 작업합니다.

미국 독일 중국 등 전 세계에 팔리며

어떤 부자는 세살배기 딸에게 줄 요량으로 3천달러짜리를 사갔습니다.

또는 성형외과 병원에서 사가기도 합니다.

이쯤되면 장난감 차원이 아니겠죠?

 

 

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Jason Freeny never studied anatomy, but he knows every gritty detail inside Super Mario's body. For the past five years, the artist has been cutting toys open, filling them with clay, and carving out each bone, joint, and organ, creating carnal cross-sections of some of the world's most beloved characters.

 

Freeny learned the tricks of his trade from his father, who was a sculpture professor. For most of his life, Freeny stayed away from the medium due, in no small part, to the time committment it requires, as well as the uncertainty of commissions. Instead, he became an industrial design student and eventually got a job as a digital illustrator. It was during this time that he first rendered an anatomical of a balloon animal's imagined innards. 

 

Following four years as an illustrator, Freeny lost his job during the financial crisis. After six months of unemployment, he ran out of money and, in his financial desperation, began to sculpt. Whatever he could earn with his art, it seemed, would be more than he had earned the day before. First, he bought a three-inch Dunny from Kidrobot, cut it open, filled it with clay, carved out the toy's bones and organs, and sold it on Ebay for $50, three times more than he had expected. Now, Jason sells his sculptures from anywhere up to $17,000, and has various toy vying to mass-produce his art.

 

The Creators Project spoke with Jason about the techniques he uses for his sculptures, his fascinations with anatomy, and his plans to get his skeletal toys on the mass market.

 

The Creators Project: Hey Jason. It looks like you use some kind of dental tools for making your sculptures, am I right?

 

Jason Freeny: That’s exactly what I use. I even use tools that I bought at the store to carve pumpkins with. I just use whatever works, but I use a lot of dental tools.

 

What kind of clay do you use?

 

I use epoxy clay to fill up the toys. This clay gets hard without baking it. If you use this clay, it really becomes a back-to-front process, so I'll make whatever is furthest back in the body first. With this clay, it feels like you’re sculpting with chewing gum because it’s so soft. At first I hated it so much, but after three sculptures I got used to it. Now I use it exclusively.

 

How long does it take to create a sculpture?

 

It takes like a month to six weeks to make a sculpture, but it depends on the size and the details. At the beginning I used polymer clay to fill up the toys. This clay gets hard easily in the oven, [and] took me less time to carve out all the organs. But I was only allowed to use vinyl toys, because this material doesn’t melt that quickly when it gets warm. Parts of Barbie’s body would just melt right away, because she is made out of three different kinds of plastic. Epoxy clay will take 7 to 12 hours to get rock-hard. So now it takes much longer to finish a sculpture, but it’s totally worth it.

 

How many sculptures do you make in a month?

 

I create three to five sculptures in one month. It depends on my own schedule. Besides being an artist I’m a stay-at-home dad who’s taking care of the kids. I often work on five sculptures at a time untill the kids come home. once they’re taken care of and fed and they’re all doing their own thing, if I have a half hour I run over and try to do a little more work.

 

Do these five sculptures sell right away?

 

Sometimes I don’t sell anything for three months and sometimes I sell four sculptures in one month. one time I sold six sculptures in a night. It really depends on who finds out about your art and who’s actually interested in buying it.

 

What kind of people buy your sculptures?

 

A lot of people from America, China and Germany buy my sculptures, especially collectors and toy loving people. Some doctors bought my anatomy toys. For example, the last anatomic Barbie was sold to a plastic surgery office. They don’t see my art as toys. But one time a father who bought some sculptures worth $3000 dollars for his 3-year-old. So that happens, but not that often.