Turtles for a friend

My friend Doug collects things. Sometimes it is fine porcelain and sometimes beautiful colored glass and at other times(like now) he is collecting estate jewelry. Anyway, he gives me the castoff one of..earrings...he finds in the boxes and some broken junky stuff..

So not wanting to waste anything I sat down one day and thought about what could I do with some of these items. Obviously the broken necklaces, bracelets and jewelry parts could be made in the Fairy crowns and various Fairy wardrobe pieces....but what to do with those clunky, chunky old earrings....well.....here is my solution!

Expectant Fairy?

I have decided to try a pregnant fairy. Just because sculpting a pregnant form would be a challenge and I sort of like to push myself to become better and to exceed my current skill level...I may or may not get it right ...but I will learn so much.

Here are some photos of her beginning.

She will be wearing a gauze drape attached at the shoulders, which will be bare...haven't decided on hair style or base...so somethings still need to be worked out.

Works in Progress 2011

Good Morning! The sun is just coming up here in Seldovia and it is going to be a beautiful day! I am posting some of the Wips(works in progress) that I have sitting on my work table. They don't look like much but will look much better after they are finished.

I have to admit that sometimes it takes me forever to finish a piece...especially if I am not inspired by it or my eyes get tired of looking at it. Then I need to put it away for awhile(weeks or months) and take it out again and see it with "new" eyes.....sometimes I just have looked at something so long that I don't really see it any more.

Here are some faces I am working on....perhaps will become Wendy Froud type creations. Meaning sculpted hands, head, feet and cloth, poseable body.

Hackers

On Monday night this week my hotmail account was hacked in to by people...(not people, criminals)
I can no longer access my hotmail account and all of my information on classes and friends and information that I had saved...like genealogy information and photos....oh my gosh..

Anyway...I apologize to anyone who got the email scam....

Life is never dull and Happy Thanksgiving!

I spent hours doing the laces on the boots and vest...holy cow! I thought I was going to go blind trying to see those teeny tiny things. So here are some photos of "the warrior faery"....she has been a learning experience but a lot of fun to make.

Wind is picking up!

The wind is starting to really whip around here....the spruce trees look like they are dancing. I had company drop by for coffee and I stopped working on my post to sit and visit....one of the lovely things about working from home and living in a small town. So now I will post a couple more pictures of the fairy that has become a part of the family I have been working so long on it.

The wings are poseable and the hair can be styled differently if the buyer wants....but I have left it down....I will post this as I expect the electricity to go out with this wind....Hugs

Fairy Warrior....will I ever be finished?????

Well here she is....only a couple of things to add....like pupils in the eyes and stuff like that. So here is where I am with this one. I am hoping to get her listed somewhere soon...maybe ebay ....to see if I can sell her.