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How does Mad Geppetto come up with these,
you ask? Just let the ideas grow, fester and
spoil. Then they are committed to clay,
molded, and cast. Each is meticulously
crafted with attention to detail.
The "Mad One," Scott Whipple is a
Connecticut based artist who began
revisiting the Aurora Monster Models of his
childhood in 1997. Scott spent many years
entering dioramas in the Chiller Theatre
Model Expo, taking top honours each time. By
now Scott had gathered much experience
converting figures into different
characters, and eventually started sculpting
new heads. This self tutelage in clay lead
to the creation of
what you see here now.
Jim
"Too Mad" Tufaro brings his Emmy
Award winning artistic
talents(he is the only one of us
who can sculpt and draw)
as well as his maniacal visions
into the fold. Jim cranks out
likenesses on some of the
sculptures, and wields his tools
to create astounding bases and
displays. There is no limit to
what Jim has in store for us.
Fritz Frising, aka
"Boiling Mad," has
kept to the shadows,
designing the name
plates and the
website. With
sixteen years in the
garage kit hobby, he
has a reputation as
a painter and
costume historian.
He sculpts, builds,
and comes up with
more ideas than he
can possibly
realize. Fritz's
figures will become
more visible in the
coming year, with
some American
legends and other
weird but fun
characters.
Not last of whom is
Bo Fritz, aka "Rah!
Rah! Mad," the
driving force. Whose
cackles,
encouragement,
praise, and
enthusiasm propels
the Madness. Our
audience is
ourselves, but
without the cheers
from Bo, these
creations, this
Madness, would not
have been shared and
unleashed upon the
world.
Mad Geppetto
Creations has
derived a new form
of sculpture where
the whole story is
told in our
detailing of the
figures and set
pieces. These
sculptures are
accented with varied
media. A head may
suddenly find itself
in the hands of the
sculptor from no
particular
thought--whether it
be Houdini, Sweeney
Todd, Tor Johnson,
Bigfoot, Rip van
Winkle or Nosferatu.
The next step is to
devise a body,
hands, and base to
display the figure.
These are mostly
soft bodied
sculptures that have
clothing elements
sewn onto the
bodies. Clothing is
meticulously hand
made by Scott--a
stranger to the
modern sewing
machine--with
outstanding results.
All artwork courtesy of
Mad Geppetto
© 2009 All rights reserved.
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