kabuki medusa

Kabuki Medusa was the first original creation by Damian Berrili and . myself. We both have Japanese heritage, and it seemed appropriate to fuse our combined cultural influences into this hybrid monster. The medusa of Greek mythology combined with Japanese kabuki theatre.

Through a series of sketches we brought Medusa to life. Combining all the tricks we had learnt to date, we backlit Medusa’s eyes, inlaid etched aluminium and incorporated shaped and coloured camphor laurel timber.

The mirror for Medusa’s face was shaped and the elements to be backlit sandblasted from behind. Colour was added. While I painted the face with acrylics and enamel, Damian carved and coloured the ‘hair’ using camphor laurel. The snakes were then cut out of aluminium and I acid etched them, before Damian assembled Medusa and added a light box behind her so her eyes and tongue could be illuminated.