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Figures & masks

Every piece, one at a time. No moulds, no runs, no two alike.

— The craft —

There are no moulds and no assembly lines in the Desquiciados workshop. Recycled paper becomes papier-mâché, the shape is modelled by hand and the colour is decided piece by piece. That is why every figure and every mask is unique and, once one finds an owner, it is never made the same way again.

— The Cursed Cabinet —

Papier-mâché figures

The inhabitants of Villaoscura with a body and a face of their own, modelled by hand, their texture and expression decided one at a time. This is where the bestiary stops being a story someone told you and plants itself on a shelf.

Forest witches, plague doctors and the dead who never quite leave share the workshop with the monsters that arrived from horror cinema.

Commission a figure
  • Lepus, a hare-headed creature with red eyes, standing on a rock
    Lepus
  • Mencía, a figure of a woman with long white hair and a black-painted face
    Mencía
  • Three hooded witch figures set in a forest clearing
    Forest witches
  • Figure of a plague doctor with a beaked mask, in the workshop
    Little plague doctor
  • Wall figure of a green carnivorous plant rising out of a coffin
    Audrey
  • Figure of Death with tangled black hair and an ankh pendant
    Death
  • Figure of a zombie girl with white hair and a pale dress
    Zombie girl
  • Group of classic horror figures, among them the Bride of Frankenstein
    The gang
— Stolen Faces —

Papier-mâché masks

Every mask starts from nothing, with no mould to repeat it. They do not hide a face: they show the one underneath. They are the slowest pieces we make and the ones that come closest to literal testimony.

Some details, like eyes and scars, are worked in resin and pigment until they reach the exact translucency of something weeping from within.

Commission a mask
  • Chikketsu-Oni mask, bone white with horns and a crimson third eye
    Chikketsu-Oni
  • Asmodan mask, a black goat's head with long horns and a red web painted across the muzzle
    Asmodan
  • Médico das Chaghas mask, a plague doctor beak in reds and blues
    Médico das Chaghas
  • O Croíx Corvo mask, a long grey beak with a red cross on the brow
    O Croíx Corvo
  • Black demon bird mask with horns, worn
    Demon bird
  • Pink devil mask with horns and a long beak, worn under a hood
    Devil
  • White rabbit mask with long ears, worn
    Rabbit
  • Skull mask with tentacles, inspired by Cthulhu
    Cthulhu
— The process —

How a piece is born

I

Paper born again

It all starts with 100% recycled paper, brought back to life as papier-mâché.

II

Modelled by hand

Every shape, every gesture and every texture is built up layer by layer.

III

Painted until it looks back

We colour it by hand, taking our time, until it returns our gaze.

— Bearers of Darkness —

Cotton bags

What will not fit on a shelf goes out into the street. Cotton bags carrying our own illustrations: the creatures of Villaoscura, printed onto fabric.

No one-of-a-kind claims here: a bag is for using, loading and wearing out. They are the only thing we repeat and, for that reason, the only thing you can take out of the house without fear of breaking it.

Ask about a bag
  • Black cotton bag with a white cat with pink eyes and a toothy grin, inside a starry oval
    Sinister cat
  • Black cotton bag with a goat skull inside a red pentacle
    Demon skull
  • Black cotton bag with a figure seen from behind and a pink bird skull inside a coffin
    Rhiannon
  • Black cotton bag with a blue-haired woman ringed by the phases of the moon
    Nix
  • Black cotton bag with a portrait of Edgar Allan Poe, a raven and a black cat
    Edgar Allan Poe
  • Black cotton bag with a plague doctor silhouetted against the full moon
    Plague doctor
  • Black cotton bag with two white ghosts holding hands
    Ghosts
  • Black cotton bag with a horned imp before a violet pentacle and the words From Hell
    From Hell
— Custom commissions —

Looking for a piece that doesn't exist yet?

We make masks and figures to measure, starting from your idea.

Commission a piece