A couple of weeks ago I did the first set of “official” photographs with Dawn (who is modelling in the role of Tisiphone).
Despite some problems with my camera (serves me right for being lazy and relying on the auto-focus when I was shooting in low light!) I managed to get some great photos, which I’m slowly and painstakingly mainpulating now.
I thought I’d share them:
(more on the Erinyes artwork page)
The unplanned suspension of work on the Book of the Erinyes over the past couple of months (due in no small part to moving house) has proved serendipitous — I’ve been thinking a lot about the planned artwork, and each idea is now wrapped in an abundance of layers.
As well as allowing me to revise and refine the planned images, this frustrating time spent thinking-without-doing has also greatly increased the complexity of the iconography to a point where I’m now almost glad I’ve had this opportunity to delay the project.
I’ve been doing a lot more background reading — moving on from the original Greek myths of the Erinyes, and onto their appearance in popular culture (Neil Gaiman’s Sandman story arc The Kindly Ones has been a particularly refreshing treatment).
Oh, and I’m still looking for models, so if you want to play a part in this, please get in contact.
Two of the three models I had lined up for this project have had to drop out, so if you fancy being one of the 3 Furies then let me know.
The modelling will be fine art nude, but heavily shadowed and textured (see sample mock-up pics — but note: no body-paint will be involved!). The photo session should take no longer than 2 hours.
You don’t need to have had any previous modelling experience, but you should be in the south of England (I’ll pay up to £30 travelling expenses, but the modelling work itself is unpaid) — preferably in or near Brighton. You will also receive a free limited edition copy of the book when it’s finished.
So, if you’re interested in taking on the role of an avenging Greek goddess then drop me an email!
I’ve just dropped a message to Nina—who did some life modelling for me a year-or-so ago—to see if she’s available to model for the third of the Furies. If so then I’ll have models for all three, and I’ll feel like this whole project is on safer ground!
Regardless of that, I’ve got this coming week planned out:
If I can get all that done then I should have some results to post on this site very soon.