As mentioned earlier, in between developing the two major pieces on 'Baphomet' and 'Typhon & Echidna', I had been producing a number of smaller sculptures. One particular sculpture was slightly more ambitious in scale but more importantly was my attempt to develop a piece using mixed media. I would entitle this piece Cerberus as Gluttony.
The heads were built from wind-up teeth, connected to the body by vacuum cleaner tubes as necks. The body itself was built from a soft, thick wire frame with plaster base to weigh it down. The 'skin' was made from a porous cloth dipped in latex. The latex-cloth was drapped over the body once its wire skeleton was filled with wadding.
Upon finishing construction of Cerberus's body many people, tutors and peers alike, compared its form to that of a roast chicken, due to its patchy skin texture and caramel tone. I could think of a means to make it more anatomical (as shown in the sketchbook design above) but I'm more concerned with thinking over the intergration between the sculpture's main body and necks. Bandages may be the most appropriate material for use.
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