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| A thought....a hazy vision....some clay, some tools, fabric, mosaic tiles.....a new piece appears. What is her story? |
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| in her hand she holds a tiny half egg that I found in the forest. I sealed it, preserved it, reinforced it, painted, and embellished it and attached a flame. Perhaps she is saying that within us all lies the flame of creation, of transformation, of new beginnings.... |
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| She's almost done....tomorrow I'll finish her wings made of French journal pages..... |
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| Iron base with embellishments.... |
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| Bottom of gown...... |
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| I was asked to create an autumn angel for Fire Mountain Gems, for use in one of their ads..... |
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| I buy a lot of my beads and embellishments from them and this time picked out wonderful pieces in greens and bronze and purples..... |
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| plus using some antique tarnished gold laces..... |
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| It's fun to watch her take flight.... |
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| I've finished two angels. I took lots of pictures as they twirled in the currents of air......trying to capture their energy.... but of course, that was impossible. It is the essence that I love, and I can't seem to translate that into a picture. |
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| They are quite "encrusted".....by that I mean that there are lots of layers of texture. The body is sculpted out of apoxie clay then painted white. I applied pieces of a antique wedding veil over the arms and legs, randomly, and over the face to add a certain mystery or other worldliness. Over that a layer of crackle glaze so when I applied the antiquing, there appears tiny cracks and more texture. Over that....splashes of gold paint. |
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| The fabric used for the dress is an antique veil of netting and handmade lace. So beautiful. It has been touched with gold paint to add more texture. |
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| From their fingers hangs a long gold thread with 3 tiny silver bells.... |
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| Swarovski rhinestones are placed along the edge of each wing and on the tip of each hand.... |
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| The wings are made with handwritten French journal pages from 1882....stiffened with a sealer. |
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| Now to try and figure out how to open my Etsy shoppe. |
