Alchemist Artist · Pop culture and unapologetic humor
The Big Mouth Project
Hormone monsters, a mouth full of sperm and a necklace with absolutely no interest in being discreet. The Big Mouth Project takes my affection for the animated series into sculpture and wearable art, with plenty of room for a thoroughly immature laugh.
I created this collection as a playful homage to Big Mouth and the writers, animators and voice actors who give its world such personality. The show’s irreverent humor offered an invitation to experiment with characters, anatomy and objects that refuse to behave themselves.
The result is a collection of mixed media pieces that brings that energy into physical form. You can examine a face, follow the details of a charm or encounter a familiar character through a different medium. Each piece is my own artistic interpretation of the show.
Maury the Hormone Monster
16 × 15 inches · Mixed media sculpture mask
Maury’s mask brings the hormone monster’s mischievous presence off the screen and into three dimensions. A face gives me room to work with expression, contour and personality, letting the character occupy space in a new way.
This piece anchors the collection’s irreverent mood. It invites recognition from fans and curiosity from anyone encountering the creature for the first time.
Mouth
8 × 10 inches · Mixed media sculpture bowl
A mouth becomes a bowl, complete with little sperm figures. The familiar shape of a vessel turns into a visual joke, placing the collection’s anatomical humor right where you can see it.
I enjoy giving an ordinary object that kind of absurd personality. The piece makes room for close looking, but it is equally happy to earn a snicker.
Maury’s Penis
12 × 8 inches · Mixed media sculpture
The title is doing very little to conceal the subject. This sculpture continues the collection’s fascination with Maury’s anatomy and the show’s uninhibited sense of humor.
For me, making the joke tangible is part of the fun. An animated idea becomes an object with contours, texture and a presence of its own. Your inner adolescent is welcome to laugh.
Connie’s Family Jewels
15 × 9 inches with stand · Approximately 26 inch chain
Connie’s contribution takes the collection into wearable art. This necklace brings together multiple metals, stone and penis charms in a cheeky interpretation of the hormone monster’s adventures.
The charms turn the necklace into a collection within the collection. Look closely at their individual details, then step back to see how they come together. The title gives the whole arrangement one more wink.
A closer look at Connie’s charms
Art with room for a laugh
The Big Mouth Project gives me space to play with a different kind of expression. Faces, bodies and everyday objects become opportunities for humor, while the details invite you to linger after the first joke lands.
Take your time with the pieces. Enjoy the expressions, examine the charms and let yourself be amused. Sometimes the studio needs a hormone monster, a ridiculous necklace and a very good excuse to laugh.