Today I had my own private meditation on Michael Jackson as I quickly built one last polymer clay face cane of him based on an illustration in the New Yorker magazine.
Years ago, I remember my son feeling sick after celebrating his birthday with a black cake decorated with one white sequined glove made of frosting. Jackson’s music is entwined in our family’s growing up stories.
I made a Thriller cane in the early 90’s, my black and white phase, and still have a chunk of it left. It’s still useable and the image still resonates. His death marks the end of an era. Have a look at my process here.
DiAnne Evans ,
That is truly awesome!
Dee Wilder ,
Wow! You’re good!
Katie ,
You amaze me… always have! Good work Cyn!!!
Cody Goodin ,
Awesome cane work. I wish I could do that!
Barb Fajardo ,
Very cool Cynthia! Love the step by step pics…
Jeannie ,
Those are…WOW…spectacular!
Great way to immortalize him.
iris mishly ,
thank you Cynthia, what a way to remember michael, you did great job!
Kathryn Ottman ,
Nice job. Check out my tribute to Michael with the profile cane I built at
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/photo.php?pid=2119347&id=648227880
The profile of the “Man in the Mirror”.
Sue Rindflesch ,
This is awesome. Do you make other cane faces? Where are they sold if they are?
michele holley 'luny' ,
Cynthia … simply incredible. Not only did you capture a great iconic image, you did it extremely well. Job well done. It is nice to see you sharing some of YOUR work!
hugs, luny
Christy Dickerson ,
Thanks Cynthia for sharing. Your cane of Michael is awesome. What better way to pay tribute to a great artist than through your own medium. He would love that!
Susanne Dingendorf ,
WOW,
thank you for sharing the
process of making it…
You even captured Michael’s
slightly melancholic facial
expression! GREAT!