Scott Eaton / ManvsMachine

Personally I’m not one for selfies but this was a fun little project I sculpted for the designers at ManVsMachine. Their client thought a bronze (though it ended more like copper) ‘couple selfie’ would be a cute, tongue-in-cheek Valentine’s day ad. It had to be realistic but read as funny. Getting down to the sculpting, it was actually an interesting exercise in pushing the facial expressions (especially the lips) to borderline caricature, but keeping the portraits grounded in a sort of sculptural realism. My favourite part – smashing their cheeks together – cartoony but suits the vain couple nicely.