Absolutely AMAZING. I have done a bit of fibreglass/silicon mold work myself but your heads look absolutely FLAWLESS ! How did you do the eyes?

 I checked out your website too and your work is so diverse ! Its incredible ! 

We made a plaster buck and vacuum formed the eyes. We painted the white of the eyes but left the irises clear. The inside flat bit of the eye is a piece of 3mm ply with mylar (plastic mirror paper) cut and intricately folded, then painted with colorine, a type of paint used for painting glass. That probably sounds like a whole bunch of garble doesn't it? It's hard to explain it without going into great detail! Thanks for your kind words!

That is quite possibly the nicest thing anyone has ever said about anything we've made. It makes us feel all warm and squishy inside. Thank you so very very much from the bottom of our hearts. You are awesome and we love you. Can you hit 'this rocks' about a comment?

They are soooooooooo cute! I love them!

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I'm from Australia, and went to NIDA in Sydney. The National Institute of Dramatic Art, I did a degree in prop making for theatre, film and TV. Best course in the entire world.

Geez guys, thanks!! I posted this so long ago! I remember when I was making it my fingers were getting so sticky from the glue, the wool wanted to stick to me more than anything else. It was so time consuming but I think it worked out nicely in the end. The idea behind the exercise was to make a picture of something with a medium that is directly associated with the topic. Another girl made a picture of a big chicken's foot out of little bits of crushed egg shell.

Hey gorgaus, lowest of the low?  I don't think so!! I sent this to prop making friends, who all said holy crap! Can you please post when the heads will be displayed? I'm gonna catch the night train from Melbourne, and stand around in awe looking at your dolls, until it's time to catch the train home again.

Ha ha ha you're awesome! Um..... I'm making stands for them right now for the display, and they're due on thursday, so I think maybe they be on display in the next few weeks. I'll ask them this week and find out the exact dates. They're getting split up though and displayed in different places.

oooh! they are the coolest thing I've ever seen.  Are they somewhere in Sydney? I wanna go and see them in real life.  Can someone please interview you? How much did they cost you to make?  Where they a commission? So many questions! Did you do one at a time? man, they're ace!

They are in Sydney, and they will be soon displayed in the front window of a hair dressers! The name of the hairdressers is Wildlife Hair and it's in Surry Hills. They were a commission and they cost quite a bit to make, with all the silicon and fibreglass and stuff. And they were incredibly labour intensive, we had friends helping us bog and sand them for days. Why on Earth would you want to interview us? This made me giggle, we are but mere prop makers! The lowest of the low! You can go have a look at our website if you like it's www.pinkcactusprops .com

There are 2 small holes in the nostrils, and there is a large gap behind the chin area so the dancers can look down and see their feet and some floor in front of them. They can't see much I must admit but that's the way we were told to make them! Maybe if we make a new lot we can make see through lips as well. Somehow....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el9m0S_5n40

Here is a video of it, not amazing but you get the drift.

That is so cool!! I want to try that! Very excellent subject matter, they turned out really well.