Homo naledi: Hominin #10 - 1/88 Limited Edition
Format: 2160 x 2160 px - MP4 Looping video - 150 dpi
This Hominin bust by the Smithsonian paleoartist John Gurche is built slowly with clay over a cast or 3D print of an ancient skull, from which a silicone mold is taken and the face painted into the mold. Acrylic eyes, and bear or human hair implanted manually and individually.
Materials: clay, casting, 3D printing, silicone, acrylic, paint, bear hair, human hair.
Medium: digital photography, post-production coloring, animation.
In the autumn of 2013, an exploration of a remote passage in a South African cave led to the extraordinary discovery of over 1,500 fossil hominin bones representi...