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......

Angels among us......

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.

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.

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.

From their fingers hangs a long gold thread with 3 tiny silver bells....

Swarovski rhinestones are placed along the edge of each wing and on the tip of each hand....

The wings are made with handwritten French journal pages from 1882....stiffened with a sealer.

Now to try and figure out how to open my Etsy shoppe. 

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......

Sailing on Dreams.....

She's done.... :)
May I present......."Sailing on Dreams"

18" Antique beading, netting, fabric and trim.
Metal wings covered in antique metallic lace and rhinestones.
Abalone shards
Glass bubble covered with rhinestones
Nautilus shell
Antique iron base

Available for purchase.
ikons@hawaii.rr.com for any questions or more photos.

Making progress......

Abalone shards....antique beadwork, fabric and trim....metal wings....metal stand...

Making progress.......