Wired Whimsies.....

I've been working more on my wired whimsey pieces.....These two are now complete and are now dancing on ribbons, blowing in the breeze. 

I've embellished with bits of antique lace and trim and touches of gold paint. 

I'm thinking of selling these on etsy.....

hmmm, do you think there is someone who would like one dancing in their own breeze?

Whaa-La! piece is complete!

Here she is....my experience of my trip to France.  

Joyful  carefree  uplifted  antiquity  architecture  history  inspiration!

Whaa-La! update

She's emerging......almost done!   I wanted to have this piece speak of my experience of France.

When I visalize images of France, I think of the architecture...the metal work....the history....the inspiration.  So after using the handwritten letters from the 1880's that I found at the fleamarket for her petticoat, I decided to make her gown using grout to represent the buildings in Paris....I crackle glazed it and then added some fabulous metal leaves and flowers that I cut off of a wreath that was hanging on my door.   They were perfectly rusted and weathered. :)

The final touches will be the rhinestones that will add the inspiration that I felt as I discovered France.  

The photo of Amelie ( my fleamarket hand ) shows my box of rhinestones, ready to be applied.  Almost done......

Whaa-La! and even ooh la la!

Today I began a creation that is flying on wings of French inspiration.

Soooooo  much fun!!!

The form is foil and apoxie sculpt and wire...no excitement there...

but the costume...!  

I am so excited to follow where this leads me.

The "petticoat" is made into ruffles using a hand written ledger ...from the 1880's!

Beautiful, beautiful writing!  

Somehow this feels more dear to me than all of the antique laces and fabrics that I am used to creating with.  Someone's hand capturing thoughts from their mind, put onto precious paper...and now.... so many many years later, 

it is becoming a petticoat.   Amazing the circles of life!