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Brad Humble’s Grum Reapur returns and pays homage to one of my personal favourite films! right on time for Halloween, without ado, Brad Humble presents to you Grum Reapur Beetlejuice! 10% of sales from this Grum Reapur will go towards supporting Norfolk based mental health charity Julian Support, more about them and what they do below.
This Grum will only be available to buy within the Halloween period, 30th Sep to the 31st October.
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!
Brad/Grum grew up loving the earlier Tim Burton films and his work has definitely been influenced by him over the years, planting a seed of the macabre in the mind, so when the Grums (the self chosen name of his collectors and followers) asked him to make a Beetlejuice Grum for this years Halloween release he was a little bit overjoyed, why hadn’t he done this before?
Brad set about sculpting the piece by absolutely destroying one of the blanks, tearing away the hood to make way for Beetlejuices crazy hair, before letting the epoxy clay dry and beginning the painting process. Utilising layers of acrylic, ink wash and Culture Hustles Black 2.0 to bring the little dude to life, before getting the quintessential layers of varnish down to protect the careful paint job, all in all around 7-8 hours of sculpting and painting to bring him out of the dead world he usually inhabits, even though it would be easier to say his name 3 times to summon him.
About Julian Support
The following is information taken directly from their website, click on the headers to go directly to the page for more in-depth information.
Our Values
We are an organisation driven by our values. This means that the decisions that we make are based upon the values that we share across Julian Support.
We place the needs of the people that we support at the heart of all our decision-making, ensuring that the services that we provide meet their expectations and are delivered by staff who are well trained and feel motivated to work for us.
Strengths and Recovery
Too many services concentrate on finding out what is wrong and putting it right. We concentrate on finding out what is right and helping people use that strength to help manage what is wrong.
The things that work for people are often the things that they have a passion for or interest in. They can also be aspects of their personality that make them who they are, for example, their sense of humour, ability to empathise or competitive streak.
About the Beetlejuice Grum Reapur
Each Grum is handcast by artist Brad Rumble in polyurethane resin, a similar substance to that which they make car bumpers out of, so that means its incredibly durable and resistant to high heat (seriously, he tried melting one as an experiment and it didn’t even scorch). They are all handpainted from a blank white base, primed in a grey airbrush primer, then varnished using Montana Gold premium spray varnish, and then signed and numbered on the bottom.
Each Grum is handcrafted carefully and lovingly made to the highest of standards in the highest quality materials.
This is a collector’s item for ages 14 and up.
Please note these are made to order and will ship in 15-21 business days, this allows for the materials to cure properly.
This model is:
l Handcast
l Handpainted
l Polyurethane Resin – 110g
l Grum Measure 7cm x 7cm x 6.5cm
l Comes with stickers (subject to availability)
l Only available for a limited time (1st October to 31st October)
Edition of size: Limited time release (30 Sep – 31 Oct)
WHEN: NOW
WHERE: https://www.grumreapur.com
Price of release: £66.60
I am the Grum Reapur, allow me to speak from the heart! – Brad a.k.a Grum Reapur
I have been through the struggles of despair, depression and emotional hardship due to my condition, BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder), and once found myself drawn to pits of gloom. I suffered because I lived in an unkind world, full of uncaring people whilst I was full of compassion for my fellow human, crying at moments of both beauty and tragedy, laughing incredibly hard at the smallest things and for a long time was I ashamed that I was this sensitive soul and with that shame came even more suffering.
All that suffering was not in vain, however!
I discovered something about myself that would change my outlook on life forever. I found that the mind was like a canvas or block of clay. Until this point in my life I had allowed others to sculpt or paint what they thought of me on the canvas or clay, people who had not equipped themselves with the tools, brushes, skills or materials necessary to create something amazing. I also had not equipped myself with these tools, but there were writers, speakers, artists and creators who had and it was up to me to equip myself with the same skills and materials as these people.
I suffered for a little while longer as I shifted my mindset from the old way to the new, realising more things I did not like about myself that I wanted to change, that I needed to change, in order to be the person I wanted to be, never taking my mind off the idea that I was creating a masterpiece over the span of a lifetime. The more I learnt about the human condition, through anthropology, psychology, sociology, philosophy etc, the more I realised that people were out of touch with their emotions. I found myself thinking that the most punk and rebellious thing to do was to be open about how I feel, what I have been through and sharing my vulnerability with those who care to listen, not in the hopes of gaining sympathy, but more to be the change I want to see in the world.
When I first started sharing my feelings so openly I was terrified of how people would react, but as time passed I saw that nobody judged me in these moments, in fact, the complete opposite would happen, people would open up about their own struggles, their own conditions and suffering and how they overcame them, we’d often have a little cry and hug it out at the end because they’ve never been able to be so open, even with their own family and loved ones. This became my mission in life, to help people open up and feel more connected and happy and the only way I knew how to start was to do the things I enjoyed, drawing, sculpting and painting.
I sculpted the first Grum Reapur in the midst of my transformation as a totem to represent enjoying each and every moment in life as we never know when we might dance with the reaper. I created copies in resin and began customising them for fun, they just happened to be loved by those who saw them and played with them. That is when the Grum Reapur and my mission in life became intertwined and fire grew within me like never before. What if I could use this platform to share my vulnerability with you, so you can see that you are not alone in how you feel and that most people try to mask their feelings through fear of being judged? What if I could reassure you that however low you may be it is only a moment in time? What if there was a way for me to present my own discoveries in a way that touches the soul?
I don’t have definitive answers and I may get it wrong from time to time, but I will always be trying my hardest to help the individual and the collective, that is why I donate a percentage of my annual income from the Grum Reapur to mental health charities and organisations throughout the UK to give back a little to the people that helped me, in particular the therapy centre that helped me piece my life back together.
Brad a.k.a Grum Reapur
Find Brad via Instagram and Facebook and Grum Reapur FB group HERE.
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