Almost ready to take flight....

She's almost done....tomorrow I'll finish her wings made of French journal pages.....

Iron base with embellishments....

Bottom of gown......

Working on an angel....

I was asked to create an autumn angel for Fire Mountain Gems, for use in one of their ads.....

I buy a lot of my beads and embellishments from them and this time picked out wonderful pieces in greens and bronze and purples.....

plus using some antique tarnished gold laces.....

It's fun to watch her take flight....

busy day in the studio....

One of the things that I love so much about being here in Hawaii is that I'm in the studio all day long....everyday. Here are two new art dolls I've sculpted.  Firemountain Gems has asked me to create a piece for them to use in an ad so the larger head will be for them.....and the other darker head is going to be a Hawaiian Goddess of the sea...

 

I'm going to be putting my work in a new gallery at the Outrigger Hotel in Waikiki.  It's called the Kuloko Gallery. I am making lots of sea and mana pods with tempered glass for them. 

I'm also going to make the Hawaiian Goddess of the ocean.  Here she is ready for the next step.....that's going to be a wave behind her....

 I'm also working on a Hawaiian angel.....I can't wait for tomorrow so I can head back to creating!

Aidan's Angel brings her home.....

 Aidan flew home one day before Greece went on strike and closed the airports. Thank you, Angel

"Greece came to a standstill on Wednesday as the nation’s public sector called for a 24-hour strike, the first since June. Airports have closed, hospitals are being run by emergency staff, and lawyers and teachers did not show up for work. Instead, thousands of people took to the streets to protest the deep austerity measures that the Greek government has enacted in its ongoing quest to stem a sovereign debt crisis. In Athens, riot police fired tear gas at protesters and clashes broke out between the civil servants and security forces."

Loosening up.......

I realized.... in looking at the last work on my painting..... that I was being too tight....too controlling with my brush strokes.  I thought about Aidan and how tight I was holding her, in my mind, and I thanked this angel for reminding me that you can't control  or hold on too tight to artistic expression and certainly you can't hold on to to teenager. Give them wings....let them fly!

Day Four....the symbol of the octopus....

Aidan had an experience swimming with an octopus so that is the symbol that I've added today, in the circle around her head.  In ancient times, the octopus was thought to be a sign of good luck and protection.  I have added strips of tissue paper with words on them onto her wings....words to live by..... and dots over the bees that look to me like their hives...the bees are safe in their homes.  Her eyes have opened more....

Aidan's Angel ....Day Three

Aidan is safe and the uncertain emotion of blue which had moved into a rosey hopefulness, has today,  opened up to optimism and hopefulness and the space of white full wings....a blank slate for experience to be written upon.  And her eyes have begun to open......

Holding an angel....

Today, she is offering an Angel.
We are expecting our 7th granddaughter to arrive in August.
3 daughters and 7 granddaughters!
We are doing our part to populate the earth with goddesses!