Face Of The Day

Freya Jobbins creates sculptures our of discarded toy parts:

The Johannesberg-born artist takes her inspiration from an ecletic range of sources including the Toy Story trilogy, controversial anatomist Gunther Von Hagen, Guiseppe Archimboldo and his fruit and vegetable paintings, and various other artists. Her creations are also inspired by a keen interest in Greek mythology. Freya takes miscellaneous parts of discarded dolls and toys to create the bizarre faces, heads and busts. Each piece of plastic is painstakingly carved and glued layer over layer to add depth to each sculpture.

As well as her plastic sculptures, Freya, who moved to Australia at the age of nine and grew up in Sydney, also makes prints. She said: ‘The plastic toy assemblages, disturbing to some, I see as my humorous side and my printmaking is what I consider more my voice.’

(Photo by Freya Jobbins. Hat tip: Colossal)