Jason Stieva is a tattoo artist that created this sculptural masterpiece using ordinary found materials. His Gothic Times series combines art with the macabre resulting in eerie pieces that are a marvel to look at.
Jason Stieva has been working on this ghost pirate ship for 15 months but has been a master of assemblage art for the last 20 years.
His expertise and craft allow him to create sculptural masterpieces using only materials that he finds in nature or otherwise.
This surreal ghost pirate ship called Leviathan – Ark of the Apocalypse was made in his spare time when he would take a break from his tattooing day job.
“Sculpting is a lot different than tattooing which I can do anytime. With sculptures, I have to be in the mood to work on them and not be forced with deadlines.”
His concept behind the Leviathan was to create a darker version of the ark which would carry mutated creatures.
His art piece is 8 feet high and intricately created.
“Overall it was the most daunting project I've ever worked on and will probably ever create. There is a lot of extremely tedious detail from front to back, top to bottom. Just severing the army heads alone and sanding the back of each to be certain they would sit flush once applied with tweezers took weeks. Sourcing all the characters took quite a while. Redesigning, taking apart, rebuilding, and making the ark structurally sound long before any sculpting began took quite a while.”
The ship now stays in the home of one of his clients who is a collector of naval themed items and even got Jason to tattoo a ship on his chest.
Some of his other work includes this star wars themed assemblage.
He also created this wall art time piece.
With plenty more of his creations to see on Instagram, Jason's talent is undeniably impressive