Contortion

made for the contortionists in serchmaa byamba’s company. designed to not impede movement for moves like headsits and pretzels. they are pinned into the hair for attachment. design is based on sketches by serchmaa, tooling design and patterning by me. detail of tooling (rivets not set) -- mongolian cloud pattern. this gold headpiece was for the soloist, and the silver ones were for the company ...

I illustrated these based on poses of contortionist friends or teachers of mine, while I was in Mongolia as a teaching assistant for Serchmaa’s contortion intensive. This was probably the first time I really got into digital illustration and finished projects in a more polished way, vs. just sketching things that didn’t feel “publishable”. mcc students ochir sadie serchmaa yuko hata × Press Escape to close. Use Arrow Left and Arrow Right to navigate between images.