Domestic Hunger: A Vinyl Carnivorous Bird House by Blaine Fontana and A Special Custom Version.

above left: Domestic Hunger for Kid Robot; above right: Custom hand-painted version by the artist

A red bird perched on an almost completely jet black carnivorous bird house is an original sculpted vinyl piece by artist Blaine Fontana for Kid Robot Black.





Produced in a limited edition of 200, each piece is hand numbered with the artist's signature engraved on the back. Packaged in a display box, Domestic Hunger also has two options for installation - hanging or wall mounted.




“Like a siren, Domestic Hunger lures. Grounded by gleaming roots spreading from its base, its glossy upturned roof and weathered texture speak of home. A home with pointed teeth and hungry tongue. Like an insatiable pet, it must be fed.
Every house is hungry for company.”- Kidrobot
$500 USD each.
These can be purchased here.

The Custom Hand-Painted Version:

above: Blaine Fontana holds his customized one-off version of Domestic Hunger

Here's a look at a special alternative one of a kind custom hand painted version with feather that was raffled off by Blaine on his site when the product was launched earlier this year:



the above version is no longer available

Domestic Hunger (Black) AP:
Artist Blaine Fontana also offers the Kidrobot Black – Domestic Hunger AP’s (Artists Proofs)  which consist of the 17” sculptural piece with an additional 12 x 12″ hand signed and numbered giclee print, with each box signed by Blaine.


Product Description:
17 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2″ sculptural piece
•12 x 12″ Giclée
•1″ Bleed
•Limited Edtition of 10
•Hand Signed & Numbered
•100% Acid free Textured Cotton Rag
•300 gm
• Museum Quality
Exclusively available through his web store.

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Below is a model holding the mask in front of her real face:

And the model holding the mask next to her own face:

Close-up details of the mask:



Osamu Kitagawa (shown below with his own mask), who established REAL-f in June of 2011, spent a couple of years developing the products after leaving Dainippon Screen Mfg.Co.,Ltd. ("Screen") in 2009. During the interviews of "Human Copy Machine" which was developed by himself at the former company, he desired "Not a flat copy like a poster but a three-dimensional copy to be realized -- " and decided to start REAL-f with technique called "Three-dimension Photo Form"




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In about two hours (one for photographing the subject and one for taking an impression of the face) the REALFACE mask will be complete. They keep the original mold for a period of time during which you can order more without the initial set-up cost. The original can then be sent to the customer or destroyed depending upon their preference. Delivery time of the mask is about two weeks.



Because the REALFACE mask is made of a hard plastic, the lips cannot move, therefore showing teeth is not possible. They can create holes where there eyes are so that you can see when wearing the mask.




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Real-F had intended to begin creating full heads with this process, but have ceased that project in order to pursue creating a 'soft' version of the mask, not yet available.

all images courtesy of REAL-f



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