I love how a good sculptor can help you see something in a whole new way. For example, until I saw this, I had no idea that Heath Ledger was an illegitimate grandson of Richard Nixon. That sure was a tricky dick!
HAYZOOS KREESTOS! I *sell* my work for less than HALF what that idiot is asking – and my work is *good*. Either I’m severely undercharging, or this twunt has delusions of grandeur.
also congratulations to the seller for apparently making regretsy on their very first attempt!
that takes rare ability. i’m certain we can expect spectaular things from you.
I for one shall watch your future career with great interest!
Totally looks like one of the puppets from Genesis’ “Land of Confusion” video…which really creeped me out when I was a kid.
…and don’t worry, seller, i already have that mask.
Somehow it reminds me of when we forget the Halloween jack o’ lanterns on the porch and they start to rot and cave in on themselves after a week. This looks like it should be full of mold and the remains of a candle.
Regretmenot-I’m afraid waaaaay he’s past the plastic surgery stage. Reincarnation is about his only option at this point. And frankly, being reincarnated as a Tibetan yak herder would be preferable to spending the remainder of eternity looking like this.
@sculptor69 It’s Delusions of Grandeur. Many sellers on etsy have them. That’s why you consistently see different buttons with earring backs glued on for generally $4 and up. Those cost you 5 cents to make, and 5 minutes to make them. At Walmart they would come 6 to a pack for $4, and probably be made with better glue- a future compare and save?
If it hadn’t said it was Heath Ledger and hadn’t had a picture of Heath of him and hadn’t had a Batman mask, I would have assumed it was meant to be a tribute to Larry King’s last week on tv.
So I’m the only one who thinks this is kind of awesome? Okay then.
I’m serious – I don’t see this piece as a bad attempt at portraiture, I see it as a decent piece of carricature, or perhaps a portrait done in the artist’s particular style. It’s immediately recognizeable as The Joker and the facial expression captures his spooky scowl really well.
I wouldn’t pay $750 for it, mind you. But then again I’m not really a “movie memorabilia” kind of girl.
I agree with Shesaidpop. It’s not the worst thing out there, it is outrageous that they think they can get anywhere near $750 for it, but it’s not the worst sculpture I’ve ever seen.
It reminds me of when we forgot a jack-o-lantern on the porch for a week, and it started to cave in on itself. I’m imagining a lot of mold and the remains of a candle in there…
(could’ve sworn I posted this yesterday, but it’s not showing up–sorry if it’s just my computer being weird and everyone else is seeing this twice.)
December 15, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Damn. I already bought something for grandma for Christmas…
December 24, 2011 at 10:23 am
I have an average penis size.
December 15, 2010 at 4:56 pm
For $750.00 would it kill you to throw in the fucking mask?
December 15, 2010 at 5:06 pm
it does have a frightening likeness to the late Heath Ledger …after they exhumed him and his skull collapsed! yikes!
regretsy math! Mr Burns + That snowman ornament from the advent calendar = This!
December 15, 2010 at 5:08 pm
It looks like her basement is slowly filling with quicksand. I hope her cats make it out okay.
December 15, 2010 at 5:12 pm
I am not a crook! Oh wait, yes I am. Heath is probably screaming in horror in his grave.
December 15, 2010 at 5:13 pm
I love how a good sculptor can help you see something in a whole new way. For example, until I saw this, I had no idea that Heath Ledger was an illegitimate grandson of Richard Nixon. That sure was a tricky dick!
December 15, 2010 at 5:16 pm
HAYZOOS KREESTOS! I *sell* my work for less than HALF what that idiot is asking – and my work is *good*. Either I’m severely undercharging, or this twunt has delusions of grandeur.
December 15, 2010 at 5:19 pm
also congratulations to the seller for apparently making regretsy on their very first attempt!
that takes rare ability. i’m certain we can expect spectaular things from you.
I for one shall watch your future career with great interest!
December 15, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Need to throw that monstrosity off a Heath-Cliff
December 15, 2010 at 5:29 pm
@#9 “Withering Heights”? Well, that’s what my scorn for this travishamockery of art has reached, anyway.
December 15, 2010 at 5:29 pm
“frightening likeness” indeed…
Although not, I fear, in the way she meant.
December 15, 2010 at 5:36 pm
When your work turns out like this t’s probably not the best selling point to include a picture of the subject in the background.
December 15, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Zombie Heath Ledger is ugly – because he is dead and a zombie!
December 15, 2010 at 5:39 pm
#7 Sculptor69… I think twunt is my favorite cuss-conjunction EVER!
December 15, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Totally looks like one of the puppets from Genesis’ “Land of Confusion” video…which really creeped me out when I was a kid.
…and don’t worry, seller, i already have that mask.
December 15, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Well, it weighs 12 lbs. If nothing else, it could be pressed into use as a doorstop. At a haunted house.
December 15, 2010 at 5:50 pm
This must be an extra from the new Muppet movie.
I think they’re doing Dante’s Inferno if I read Variety correctly.
December 15, 2010 at 5:52 pm
A Deathmask! Seller missed the Steampunk tag.
December 15, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Frightening is right.
December 15, 2010 at 5:57 pm
just what i want a 750 dollar, ugly, almost a foot tall, poorly made, hollow paper weight.
December 15, 2010 at 6:05 pm
This looks like a tribute to clubbing a clay sculpture of Heath Ledger’s head with a log. Great job!
December 15, 2010 at 6:08 pm
All I could think of when I saw this was “is that kelp on his head?”
December 15, 2010 at 6:19 pm
So, this is what he looks like *now*, right?
December 15, 2010 at 6:23 pm
I didn’t see Nixon, in that sculpture I saw GWB. GWB after being made up by an extremely intoxicated makeup person.
Think of how many illegal drugs you could hide inside that thing. I think that’s its real purpose (and may explain the pricetag)
December 15, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Somehow it reminds me of when we forget the Halloween jack o’ lanterns on the porch and they start to rot and cave in on themselves after a week. This looks like it should be full of mold and the remains of a candle.
December 15, 2010 at 6:46 pm
I can haz plastic surgery now?
December 15, 2010 at 7:11 pm
they actually got a pretty good likeness of the main facial features, but the squished in head kinda reminds me of a mouldy orange
December 15, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Regretmenot-I’m afraid waaaaay he’s past the plastic surgery stage. Reincarnation is about his only option at this point. And frankly, being reincarnated as a Tibetan yak herder would be preferable to spending the remainder of eternity looking like this.
December 15, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Sculptor69 – I’m still crying with laughter at “twunt.” and if the rest of you have already heard that, please allow me this moment of glee.
December 15, 2010 at 9:36 pm
That is so ugly. Why would you bother?
December 15, 2010 at 9:40 pm
This sounds like a riddle: “This ceramic piece is hollow, but yet it weighs 12 lbs.”
Um… is it an icicle? It’s my mom- the surgeon is my mom!
December 15, 2010 at 10:22 pm
omg this is more like regretsy math I think, cause that is totally George W. Bush as the joker LOL!
http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/51500/Joker-Bush–51902.jpg
December 16, 2010 at 12:17 am
@sculptor69 It’s Delusions of Grandeur. Many sellers on etsy have them. That’s why you consistently see different buttons with earring backs glued on for generally $4 and up. Those cost you 5 cents to make, and 5 minutes to make them. At Walmart they would come 6 to a pack for $4, and probably be made with better glue- a future compare and save?
http://www.etsy.com/listing/52893577/peach-and-yellow-jumbo-candy-button-post?ref=v1_other_1 And they don’t even match! I think that trend was invented by etsy sellers to use up their stock.
December 16, 2010 at 1:03 am
Frightening likeness is right.
Thank fuck it’s one of a kind.
December 16, 2010 at 1:45 am
Ugh…that’s a lot of money to pay for a fugly paperweight…
December 16, 2010 at 3:23 am
Looks like the Joker is trying to push one out.
December 16, 2010 at 4:28 am
I wonder what heuristic the seller (I shy away from the term artist) used to set the price? Maybe a random number generator?
December 16, 2010 at 6:51 am
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December 16, 2010 at 7:03 am
Sorry, I’m only interested in rotting shrunken head sculptures if the description contains the words “whimsical,” “boutique art” or “vintage.”
December 16, 2010 at 8:35 am
If it hadn’t said it was Heath Ledger and hadn’t had a picture of Heath of him and hadn’t had a Batman mask, I would have assumed it was meant to be a tribute to Larry King’s last week on tv.
December 16, 2010 at 9:23 am
“frightening likeness” – the first word was right, not so sure about the second…
December 16, 2010 at 11:40 am
Looks like someone just threw down a chunk of clay and threw paint on it!
December 16, 2010 at 1:14 pm
So I’m the only one who thinks this is kind of awesome? Okay then.
I’m serious – I don’t see this piece as a bad attempt at portraiture, I see it as a decent piece of carricature, or perhaps a portrait done in the artist’s particular style. It’s immediately recognizeable as The Joker and the facial expression captures his spooky scowl really well.
I wouldn’t pay $750 for it, mind you. But then again I’m not really a “movie memorabilia” kind of girl.
Let the thumbs-downing commence!
December 16, 2010 at 1:46 pm
I agree with Shesaidpop. It’s not the worst thing out there, it is outrageous that they think they can get anywhere near $750 for it, but it’s not the worst sculpture I’ve ever seen.
But maybe its on regretsy because of the price.
December 16, 2010 at 4:25 pm
It reminds me of when we forgot a jack-o-lantern on the porch for a week, and it started to cave in on itself. I’m imagining a lot of mold and the remains of a candle in there…
(could’ve sworn I posted this yesterday, but it’s not showing up–sorry if it’s just my computer being weird and everyone else is seeing this twice.)
December 17, 2010 at 4:37 am
“But maybe its on regretsy because of the price.”
Hahaha! Fairly certain it’s not just because of the price XD
January 21, 2011 at 10:59 pm
OH GOD it looks like George Bush