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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

The art of juju





Just a little bit of something I had lying around the house. No, actually I made it. This is my very first functioning juju doll. Though it's hard to see, there are "instructions" wrapped around his waist which are very explicit.







This was an experimental model with its heart outside of its body. The face, however, is completely accurate. It needed accessorizing, so this is also my very first functioning noose. These are surprisingly easy to make. I can do it in my sleep now. Use hemp or sisal or jute twine for these, not yarn. They need a bit of stiffness.



I did not photograph my dolly, but ran it through the scanner, providing weird effects, made even weirder by using photoshop filters such as posterize, saturation, lightness, etc. And darkness.





Some of these came out quite abstract, but I promise you these are the same photos. This doesn't happen often and means the photos have certain properties that are hard to explain.




Invert. Looks almost like those black velvet paintings sold at gas stations in the 1980s.






The Nijinsky of juju dolls! Note his form as he leaps through the air. Almost weightless.






Closeups, so you can see the devil's handiwork.




Be nice to me. Okay?




"You had me at hello"

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