Beauregard Hawthorne and his Amazing Puppet. 16 inches.

This piece was a lot of fun. My idea was to play with the juxtaposition of a happy, friendly, smiling brownie with a grumpy, abrasive, possibly hostile Beetle puppet.

In this three-quarters view you can see that Beau is standing with his weight on his left leg and is starting to take a step with his right. You can also get a better view of the puppets wings and the way they come out from under a back yoke on his body.

Love, love, love the contrast between these two faces. The puppet head has an actual functional Muppet mouth and Beau’s hand is really inside. The beetles eyebrow/feelers are wired to hold their position and have a rich velvety texture.

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13-1/2″ tall (with staff 16-1/2″). Natural bamboo staff with an arrowhead made from polymer clay. And yes, that’s a mohawk cut made of my signature shredded fabric.

Sorry for the abbreviated post, I’m having internet difficulties today. Perhaps because the rain has driven all the children indoors and those who aren’t umbilically connected to their gaming system are most likely glued to their computers on the net.

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This is Market Day, she’s a Brownie. She’s also the first piece I’ve done that has corn-row braids. They were a bit fiddley to make and attach but the final effect was worth the effort. She’s about 16 inches tall and is carrying a basket of moon-faced dolls. I made her for a moon-themed challenge for a NIADA conference.

Yes, her braids are partly green, which compliments her mauve skin. She’s a gentle soul.

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So here I am, finally, starting a blog. Just for a minute I’m going to pretend that absolutely no one out there knows who I am or what I do. Which, mostly, you don’t; unless you’ve met me at an Art Doll conference. The most seriously art thing that I do are my figurative art sculptures. They are made of cloth over an armature with hard sculpted polymer clay face masks which are covered in cloth. Their hair is made shredded fabric. They are all one of a kind.

This one is Girl with a Watering Can, after Renoir. She’s 12-1/2 inches tall. I made her watering can with paperclay.

You’ll notice right away that I don’t do people-colored people. All my figures have lovely colored skin, yellow, blue, green, mauve; whatever color feels right for that piece. They also are all faeries, but earth fae not air fae (no wings). Some are bugs, some are Brownies or Hobs, I’ve even done a few Grigs. Mostly they are happy little folk, some more mischievous than others but all fairly benevolent spirits. I hope they make you smile.

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