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PAPER ANGELS

I love angels and angel images. 'Tis the Season to think about angels; so, I made several paper angels. My angels have a variety of faces that I have drawn, faces from family photos, and faces from clip art. Their gowns are made from painted and gelli-printed deli paper. Their wings are painted water color paper with a stencil pattern (some gold paint, some silver paint). I have made some into a garland and I will deck my halls with others. (It probably won't surprise people who know me that I made more angels than I have photographed here.)

 

 

MAGI DOLL #2

Below is my second Magi doll made out of paper.

Her hair is made of strips of specialty paper.

You can see her handmade paper chemise under her outer garment/serape. There is silver glitter on the paper serape, but it doesn't photograph well.

I free-form sewed magical words on paper and attached them to her paper garment. They say "spells and incantations," "prayers and meditations," "magic is affot," and "astral enchantments."

 

MY SANTOS DOLL

Oops, I thought I had included my doll in my last post. So, here she is. I started another one yesterday.

ALTERED PAINTBRUSH ANGELS

Altered paintbrushes have been popping up on Pintrest and some of my art friends decided to do an altered paintbrush swap. It's a make2/get 2 swap. I made two extra because I had the brushes and I can keep two for myself.

First, I covered the paintbrushes with gesso.

I decided that I wanted to make paintbrush dolls; so I added spakley paint and heads/

After I gave them heads, I decided they looked like angels. I added wings, drew in some sleeves and hands, and added some glitter to the bottom of their skirts (I also gave the bald one some hair).

ANGELS AND GODDESSES

I'm in the throes of making paper angels and goddesses for the Paper Guild Holiday Sale. I'm behind schedule, but I'm cranking out as much as I can. Below are scans of some of my angels and goddesses.

The angel bodies are made out of hand-made paper. The wings are made out of layers of deli paper that has been decorated with gesso and paint and glitter mists. Their faces are from collage sheets that I have made from copyright free pictures, family photos, and my drawings. I give them hearts that are buttons I have made out of polymer clay. I sew the bodies to water color paper. I make the hangers out of wire and beads.

The goddesses are made pretty much the same way as the angels, except that I use painted deli paper for their bodies and have decorated these with fancy stitches from my sewing machine.

I am now agonizing over pricing and the worry that nothing will sell (still have cards and word people and banners to go, will post scans or photos as they get done).

 

HEADS UP, IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR ARTUNRAVELED

There's still time to register for ArtUnraveled (July 30-August 7) in Phoenix, Arizona. I'm working on kits for the class I'll be teaching," Hello, Dollies." It's a laid back evening class for making dolls (paper dolls, spirit dolls, word people, and pins) for weary art retreaters. As part of the kits, I'm providing a variety of doll heads/faces. I want to make sure people have choices, so I'm making a lot.

BUNNY, A RABBIT AND A FROG WALK INTO A BAR

Well, they may not have walked into a bar, but they have walked into my life. Inspired by my class with Lana Guerra, I have made 3 more dolls. This time I used paper clay, rather than Super Scupley, so, these dolla are lighter than Bunny (see previous post).

Miss Polly Wogg is very close to being a frog, but has a strong leaning towards being a person, too.

Felis is, of course, a cat.

rear view of Felix below

Mrs Ester Bunny may have a lot of salt in her pepper hair, but she also still has a lot of energy and loves to dance.

As you can see, I find making these dolls very addictive. I already have plans for making more. Darn real life for interfering with my art plans.

 

A FEW FACES IN THE CROWD

I made a new face mold and tried out Delight air dry modeling clay. Now I have to wait for the faces to dry. Then it will be time to paint them and use them for dolls, jewelry, and collages.

By the way, this is my first attempt at blogging by my phone.

BIRDS WITHOUT FEATHERS STILL FLOCK

I've had a delightful flurry of visitors and art time has been a little scarce. I have managed, however to finish a few birds (yes, they have my daughters' eyes on their bird heads; they're  my birds, after all).

 

 

 

SPIRIT DOLLS