A mask for eddie

wool, wax, moss and mushrooms. 2018

A second skin made with wool, wax, moss and mushrooms. This piece was made for the Eddie Jowels album cover, released August 2018. The mask was wet felted on a plaster cast made of Eddie’s face through the process of life casting. Once his face was recreated in wool, wax fabrics, threads and papers were stitched to the surface along with foraged moss and shelf mushrooms to create a skin of decay. A textural illustration of opposing forces, a duality. Bringing to life, tactilely and visually, the artists tagline “Eddie’s the worst, so you don’t have to be.”

Eddie’s album is available on Bandcamp and for listening on Spotify and Google Play.

https://eddiejowels.bandcamp.com/album/eddie-jowels

Photos by Kaity Barnes

Created at The Root Community https://www.therootcommunity.org/