Dreadnought's construction took place in November 2014 during my time as Artist in Residence at Beverley Station Arts. As you will see he is made from a variety of materials...
Dreadnought takes shape:
Dreadnought gets plastered:
An plastered even more!
Now to give him a personality!
Painting is always the best bit of creating my critters, this is where they come to life, develop a personality and their story comes to light!
Dreadnought the Dragon was definitely no to be dreaded. He did not quite live up to the fiery reputation of dragons. He had never mastered the art of breathing fire, he occasionally managed a small whiff of smoke but had never been able to breathe out the long licks of flame that his grandfather Dread was famed for. Dreadnought had also failed to grwo wings or a long spikey whippy tail. In fact anyone who met him would be forgiven for thinking that Dreadnought was not really a dragon at all...
On my return to Perth I decided to create Bert... Dreadnought's father! Dreadnought is now a permanent resident of Beverley Station Arts.
Like his son, Bert is not quite the whole deal when it comes to dragon-hood. However, he is more dragonny that Dreadnought, having a long spikey tail and a pair of small wings. His wings are not big enough to allow him to fly and although the did manage to breathe fire once it burned the inside of his nose so badly that he never tried it again...
Bert is also made from a variety of interesting materials
Bert gets plastered...
A covering of papier mache
Well and truly plastered!!
Now for the best bit!
Bert develops a personality!
Check out his beautiful iridescent wings!
More tales of Bert and Dreadnought to follow, watch this space...
