I was asked to sign something for someone here in Sydney Australia today. It’s definitely creative… (There are about 20 tickets left at Sydney Opera House for Monday night. There are more tickets for Melbourne’s Hamer Hall on Thursday. Do come.)
Neil Gaiman’s Beard— for those who are curious about the process of making the beard, here are some fun facts! Initially, I made a mold of Neil’s face with a plastic bag, tape and sharpies so I could have the most accurate form to build on. I laid a fine theatrical translucent lace, pinned it into place, and tied single hairs on each ladder of the lace netting. This process can feel very monotonous and tedious, but it allowed me to place every single strand with intention to create the most natural blend of gray. This piece took about 20 hours to hand tie, because you have to tie the knots in a very specific direction to mimic the hair growth pattern— meaning I had to ventilate (knot) with the block in my lap, cradled by plushies instead of on a typical clamp stand that we would build a wig on. For reference, a fully hand tied wig takes about 60-100 hours depending on how specific you need to tie the growth pattern. After I was satisfied with the color blend, I did a very tiny roller set to achieve the texture of Neil’s actual facial hair, and barbered it in the shape of the color reference photo. Dickens had some fun facial shapes over his life, and we went with the style that was contemporary to the first reading of a Christmas Carol in NYC IN 1867. 🎄🎅🏻
Neil Gaiman’s Beard— for those who are curious about the process of making the beard, here are some fun facts! Initially, I made a mold of Neil’s face with a plastic bag, tape and sharpies so I could have the most accurate form to build on. I laid a fine theatrical translucent lace, pinned it into place, and tied single hairs on each ladder of the lace netting. This process can feel very monotonous and tedious, but it allowed me to place every single strand with intention to create the most natural blend of gray. This piece took about 20 hours to hand tie, because you have to tie the knots in a very specific direction to mimic the hair growth pattern— meaning I had to ventilate (knot) with the block in my lap, cradled by plushies instead of on a typical clamp stand that we would build a wig on. For reference, a fully hand tied wig takes about 60-100 hours depending on how specific you need to tie the growth pattern. After I was satisfied with the color blend, I did a very tiny roller set to achieve the texture of Neil’s actual facial hair, and barbered it in the shape of the color reference photo. Dickens had some fun facial shapes over his life, and we went with the style that was contemporary to the first reading of a Christmas Carol in NYC IN 1867. 🎄🎅🏻
Neil Gaiman’s Beard— for those who are curious about the process of making the beard, here are some fun facts! Initially, I made a mold of Neil’s face with a plastic bag, tape and sharpies so I could have the most accurate form to build on. I laid a fine theatrical translucent lace, pinned it into place, and tied single hairs on each ladder of the lace netting. This process can feel very monotonous and tedious, but it allowed me to place every single strand with intention to create the most natural blend of gray. This piece took about 20 hours to hand tie, because you have to tie the knots in a very specific direction to mimic the hair growth pattern— meaning I had to ventilate (knot) with the block in my lap, cradled by plushies instead of on a typical clamp stand that we would build a wig on. For reference, a fully hand tied wig takes about 60-100 hours depending on how specific you need to tie the growth pattern. After I was satisfied with the color blend, I did a very tiny roller set to achieve the texture of Neil’s actual facial hair, and barbered it in the shape of the color reference photo. Dickens had some fun facial shapes over his life, and we went with the style that was contemporary to the first reading of a Christmas Carol in NYC IN 1867. 🎄🎅🏻
Neil Gaiman’s Beard— for those who are curious about the process of making the beard, here are some fun facts! Initially, I made a mold of Neil’s face with a plastic bag, tape and sharpies so I could have the most accurate form to build on. I laid a fine theatrical translucent lace, pinned it into place, and tied single hairs on each ladder of the lace netting. This process can feel very monotonous and tedious, but it allowed me to place every single strand with intention to create the most natural blend of gray. This piece took about 20 hours to hand tie, because you have to tie the knots in a very specific direction to mimic the hair growth pattern— meaning I had to ventilate (knot) with the block in my lap, cradled by plushies instead of on a typical clamp stand that we would build a wig on. For reference, a fully hand tied wig takes about 60-100 hours depending on how specific you need to tie the growth pattern. After I was satisfied with the color blend, I did a very tiny roller set to achieve the texture of Neil’s actual facial hair, and barbered it in the shape of the color reference photo. Dickens had some fun facial shapes over his life, and we went with the style that was contemporary to the first reading of a Christmas Carol in NYC IN 1867. 🎄🎅🏻
Neil Gaiman’s Beard— for those who are curious about the process of making the beard, here are some fun facts! Initially, I made a mold of Neil’s face with a plastic bag, tape and sharpies so I could have the most accurate form to build on. I laid a fine theatrical translucent lace, pinned it into place, and tied single hairs on each ladder of the lace netting. This process can feel very monotonous and tedious, but it allowed me to place every single strand with intention to create the most natural blend of gray. This piece took about 20 hours to hand tie, because you have to tie the knots in a very specific direction to mimic the hair growth pattern— meaning I had to ventilate (knot) with the block in my lap, cradled by plushies instead of on a typical clamp stand that we would build a wig on. For reference, a fully hand tied wig takes about 60-100 hours depending on how specific you need to tie the growth pattern. After I was satisfied with the color blend, I did a very tiny roller set to achieve the texture of Neil’s actual facial hair, and barbered it in the shape of the color reference photo. Dickens had some fun facial shapes over his life, and we went with the style that was contemporary to the first reading of a Christmas Carol in NYC IN 1867. 🎄🎅🏻
Neil Gaiman’s Beard— for those who are curious about the process of making the beard, here are some fun facts! Initially, I made a mold of Neil’s face with a plastic bag, tape and sharpies so I could have the most accurate form to build on. I laid a fine theatrical translucent lace, pinned it into place, and tied single hairs on each ladder of the lace netting. This process can feel very monotonous and tedious, but it allowed me to place every single strand with intention to create the most natural blend of gray. This piece took about 20 hours to hand tie, because you have to tie the knots in a very specific direction to mimic the hair growth pattern— meaning I had to ventilate (knot) with the block in my lap, cradled by plushies instead of on a typical clamp stand that we would build a wig on. For reference, a fully hand tied wig takes about 60-100 hours depending on how specific you need to tie the growth pattern. After I was satisfied with the color blend, I did a very tiny roller set to achieve the texture of Neil’s actual facial hair, and barbered it in the shape of the color reference photo. Dickens had some fun facial shapes over his life, and we went with the style that was contemporary to the first reading of a Christmas Carol in NYC IN 1867. 🎄🎅🏻
Neil Gaiman’s Beard— for those who are curious about the process of making the beard, here are some fun facts! Initially, I made a mold of Neil’s face with a plastic bag, tape and sharpies so I could have the most accurate form to build on. I laid a fine theatrical translucent lace, pinned it into place, and tied single hairs on each ladder of the lace netting. This process can feel very monotonous and tedious, but it allowed me to place every single strand with intention to create the most natural blend of gray. This piece took about 20 hours to hand tie, because you have to tie the knots in a very specific direction to mimic the hair growth pattern— meaning I had to ventilate (knot) with the block in my lap, cradled by plushies instead of on a typical clamp stand that we would build a wig on. For reference, a fully hand tied wig takes about 60-100 hours depending on how specific you need to tie the growth pattern. After I was satisfied with the color blend, I did a very tiny roller set to achieve the texture of Neil’s actual facial hair, and barbered it in the shape of the color reference photo. Dickens had some fun facial shapes over his life, and we went with the style that was contemporary to the first reading of a Christmas Carol in NYC IN 1867. 🎄🎅🏻
Neil is coming to DC! See him live at @@wolf_trap this summer on 20 July. Tickets go on sale 10am Friday 16 Feb! [- web goblin]
“To see the world beyond the skies, To touch the mind behind the eyes, To find the many in the one, He showed us stars behind the sun” ⭐ Last week we welcomed legendary author Neil Gaiman and renowned strong quartet FourPlay back to the House for the first time in over a decade to present the World Premiere of their ARIA-nominated debut album, Signs of Life. Using an array of tapes, delays, loops effects pedals, they filled our Concert Hall with their uniquely eclectic genre-bending mix of live art, music and storytelling – which left the audience mesmerised. Gaiman closed the night thanking his devoted audience for coming out for ‘something very, very odd’, adding ‘You are brave, and we are grateful!’ ✨ 📸 Jordan Munns
“To see the world beyond the skies, To touch the mind behind the eyes, To find the many in the one, He showed us stars behind the sun” ⭐ Last week we welcomed legendary author Neil Gaiman and renowned strong quartet FourPlay back to the House for the first time in over a decade to present the World Premiere of their ARIA-nominated debut album, Signs of Life. Using an array of tapes, delays, loops effects pedals, they filled our Concert Hall with their uniquely eclectic genre-bending mix of live art, music and storytelling – which left the audience mesmerised. Gaiman closed the night thanking his devoted audience for coming out for ‘something very, very odd’, adding ‘You are brave, and we are grateful!’ ✨ 📸 Jordan Munns
“To see the world beyond the skies, To touch the mind behind the eyes, To find the many in the one, He showed us stars behind the sun” ⭐ Last week we welcomed legendary author Neil Gaiman and renowned strong quartet FourPlay back to the House for the first time in over a decade to present the World Premiere of their ARIA-nominated debut album, Signs of Life. Using an array of tapes, delays, loops effects pedals, they filled our Concert Hall with their uniquely eclectic genre-bending mix of live art, music and storytelling – which left the audience mesmerised. Gaiman closed the night thanking his devoted audience for coming out for ‘something very, very odd’, adding ‘You are brave, and we are grateful!’ ✨ 📸 Jordan Munns
“To see the world beyond the skies, To touch the mind behind the eyes, To find the many in the one, He showed us stars behind the sun” ⭐ Last week we welcomed legendary author Neil Gaiman and renowned strong quartet FourPlay back to the House for the first time in over a decade to present the World Premiere of their ARIA-nominated debut album, Signs of Life. Using an array of tapes, delays, loops effects pedals, they filled our Concert Hall with their uniquely eclectic genre-bending mix of live art, music and storytelling – which left the audience mesmerised. Gaiman closed the night thanking his devoted audience for coming out for ‘something very, very odd’, adding ‘You are brave, and we are grateful!’ ✨ 📸 Jordan Munns
“To see the world beyond the skies, To touch the mind behind the eyes, To find the many in the one, He showed us stars behind the sun” ⭐ Last week we welcomed legendary author Neil Gaiman and renowned strong quartet FourPlay back to the House for the first time in over a decade to present the World Premiere of their ARIA-nominated debut album, Signs of Life. Using an array of tapes, delays, loops effects pedals, they filled our Concert Hall with their uniquely eclectic genre-bending mix of live art, music and storytelling – which left the audience mesmerised. Gaiman closed the night thanking his devoted audience for coming out for ‘something very, very odd’, adding ‘You are brave, and we are grateful!’ ✨ 📸 Jordan Munns
“To see the world beyond the skies, To touch the mind behind the eyes, To find the many in the one, He showed us stars behind the sun” ⭐ Last week we welcomed legendary author Neil Gaiman and renowned strong quartet FourPlay back to the House for the first time in over a decade to present the World Premiere of their ARIA-nominated debut album, Signs of Life. Using an array of tapes, delays, loops effects pedals, they filled our Concert Hall with their uniquely eclectic genre-bending mix of live art, music and storytelling – which left the audience mesmerised. Gaiman closed the night thanking his devoted audience for coming out for ‘something very, very odd’, adding ‘You are brave, and we are grateful!’ ✨ 📸 Jordan Munns
The Ray Bradbury Centennial of Selected Shorts that I hosted is now up online. Yetide Badaki. Javier Muñoz. Kirsten Vangsness. Three magical Bradbury stories…
What a blast selling out the Concert Hall at @sydneyoperahouse !! On track to sell out Hamer Hall at @artscentremelbourne Thurs 18th Jan (ticket link in FourPlay bio). Have a look at the wonderful review by @limelightartsau by Steve Moffatt (link in bio) and great photos by @jordankmunns
What a blast selling out the Concert Hall at @sydneyoperahouse !! On track to sell out Hamer Hall at @artscentremelbourne Thurs 18th Jan (ticket link in FourPlay bio). Have a look at the wonderful review by @limelightartsau by Steve Moffatt (link in bio) and great photos by @jordankmunns
What a blast selling out the Concert Hall at @sydneyoperahouse !! On track to sell out Hamer Hall at @artscentremelbourne Thurs 18th Jan (ticket link in FourPlay bio). Have a look at the wonderful review by @limelightartsau by Steve Moffatt (link in bio) and great photos by @jordankmunns
Webgoblin here, dropping in to announce that Neil has won best Crowdfunder for Good Omens, Best Comic Adaptation for Sandman, Best Comic Of All Time for Sandman and Best Writer Of All Time categories in the ComicScene Awards! https://comicscene.org/2024/02/01/comicscene-award-winners-2024-to-be-announced-here-07-02-24-7am/
🌟 Win a double pass to witness the world premiere of Signs of Life, the debut album by UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador @neilhimself and @fourplaysq FourPlay String Quartet at the Sydney Opera House on 15 January! To enter the draw, simply tell us in the comment section below what your favourite work by Neil Gaiman is. Lucky runners-up have a chance to snag a signed copy of Neil’s recent book, “What You Need To Be Warm”. Competition closes midday AEDT on 7 January. Best of luck! 🎶✨
27 weeks in the charts for our music and spoken/sung word collaboration album Signs of Life! And sitting at #2 in the @billboardcharts in #classicalcrossover!
“There’s one thing Australia needs, and it’s more slang terms for s-e-x”. Neil Gaiman and FourPlay String Quartet’s Lara Goodridge talk coming full circle as they return to the Sydney Opera House where their collaboration began over a decade ago, and what to expect from their world premiere performance on Mon 15 Jan. ✨ Secure final tickets through the link in bio.
