Making progress......

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

Making progress.......

Beginning a new piece.....

Now there are three......

I've finished my third little Minkskey.
I love the way the way the skull makes a perfect little dress with a yoke and a little flip at the bottom of the dress.

This little pixie has wings made from jaw bones....legs are little bones and the arms are part of the skull.

New Minkskey....

And now there are two.....little pixies.
Mink bone skull is the torso and arms...some sort of bones make up the two legs and the wings of this one are made from jaw bones.
I think the little mink would be pleased to see the transformation..... :)

I have the third one almost finished.
Soon there will be three little Minkskeys.

From Mink bones to Minkskeys....

You know how it is when you're in the "zone"....in the flow of inspiration...and you are so happy....so enjoying the reveal of a new piece....


That's how today went for me.
I just love this little creature who I call a Minkskey!
I can't wait to create more...a whole clan!

I might offer her for sale through Etsy...but I'm not sure I can let her go. :)

The torso is a skull.....the arms, legs and wings are all bones.
Transformation from animal to pixie. Life continues.....form just changes.

Bones...and more bones....and look what shows up!

My children think I'm weird. I suppose many people would agree....
but I am so inspired by these bones. New bones.....shall I tell you the animal or would you rather not know?

I just think that using bones...feathers....and such, honors the spirit of the animal.
I don't see anything morbid about it. It's not like I killed it. I just saw beauty in the essence of this little animal. I believe it's really another metamorphosis...transformation....from one energy into another.

Could this little animal have ever considered that it would transform into a pixie?

Here are the beginning stages.
This piece is sooo much fun to create!
It's really creating itself.
I took the little skull and turned it on it's side and there it was...
a darling body just waiting for a head, hands and feet.
The legs are bones too. The arms are the bone area around the eye socket.

Creating a Shrine......

I am offering an online class on creating a personal
"Shrine". These are wonderful pieces to create.
You can create a Shrine for many reasons...you can use it as a focus of your intention to create art...or to honor another...or yourself.

You will learn mosaic and embellishment techniques using apoxie sculpt and glass tiles. Also taught will be my step by step techniques for sculpting and painting the face and for creating a really unique
"soft and other-wordly" finish to that face.

In this class, you will have an opportunity to create a work of art that is beautiful, meaningful and very personal.
To read more on the Shrine class, go to That Creative Place.
Hope to see you there! :)

Making little hearts.....

I'm making little clay valentines for 7 little girls.....

Little polymer clay hearts that fit into a larger heart.
The inside heart will have a little loop and ribbon on it so they can wear my love around their necks.

"Star Song"

This piece was sculpted upon the return from a trip that I took recently to Africa. The beauty and bone structure of the people inspired her face....
the uplifting of her arms spoke of the rise and determination of their spirit and the grace with which they move. Her hair is created from dried seed pod clusters gathered near my home...preserved and dusted with copper powders. The use of delicate fish bones on her head piece looked like a sprinkling of stars and within her hands, a star was placed, building on the star theme. Rhinestones were applied over her gown of antique silver metallic lace, again building on the feeling of stars falling from the heavens..... and in reading her expression, I believe she is hearing the song of stars. A mosaic of tempered glass runs down her back like a river of starlit skies. Antique hand written French letters from the 1800s have been applied to her base. Abalone shards form the edges of the flow of glass. Monarch butterfly wings complete the feeling of being uplifted...of reaching and the rising of vision. "StarSong" is about the wings of hope, inspiration and the grace to move to the music we hear calling to us.