I think everyone knows that I usually have at least 3 things or more in the works at one time. I believe a lot of artists do this so keep themselves occupied and out of the boredom territory. ((boredom with an object for me leads to horrible cases of self doubt and long periods of not being able to create at all)) thank goodness that is not the case right now.
I have an idea. I want to create the Fibro doll. The one that says it all for me on how it makes me feel at my worst. I think a lot of people will relate with it and maybe i will sell it on etsy. Normally I won't sell dolls that I put that much feeling into and I am going to hold back on putting any of my "juju" in it. But I think it might help other fibro-mites out there to know they are not alone in how they feel. I am hoping to add a little steam punk here as its my first attempt with that whole Steam punk thing but I think it will only add to the doll. I need to find some cogs and wheels. hehe....that's all I am telling for now. ya all keep safe. Blessings to you all.
It's that time of year when everyone is looking for fun little things for holiday presents. I did just get done with the art show I had. Unfortunately there was not a very good turn out this year and I didn't get any post worthy pics but I did well despite it all. So I will not share anything in that way but I will share some of the pretties and some of the fun pagan supplies I have made.
And then I have some sage supplies that I have made up for cleansing and purifying as well as a great smelling potpourri that's available on my etsy page. ((the link to the etsy is at the side of my blog here!))
And besides all of this, I have been working on the cutest little commission for a wonderful young lady's Christmas present as well as being hired for another commission AND....I am trying like heck to get my KISS repaints done to keep me going during lulls so I don't lose my gumption. ((And to get them SOLD!!))
Oh....and I don't think I have done an update since Halloween so I might as well toss in some pictures of my Halloween costume as it was SO MUCH fun to do and no one really wanted to look at me at the party. Heheee!! Guess it was effective!!! Hope all my pagan friends had a great Samhain and everyone else enjoyed Halloween....I sure did! Brutus (my schnauzer) hopes so too!!!
Still trying to get ready for the local art show that will be in November and instead of trying to make a bunch of dolls I am doing my best at trying to make smaller cash items as sometimes there can be sticker shock on the dolls (no one ever understands how much time and labor goes into those!~!)
So here are my hangers I have made. Guess I better get on some ornament type things too as it will be after Halloween and before Christmas. Anyhow...hope you enjoy!
A little while ago I was perusing some of my favorite blogs and I believe it was Wendie Hurrell that said I needed to post some of my older sculpts on my blog so I could share them with my readers (said while welcoming me to the blog world on her blog page, thank you for that as well...very kind of you!!). So that's exactly what I am going to do. Thanks Wendie!! (All have been sold except the magnets and those won't be for sale until after the middle of this November :) ) Please excuse any mess on my desk...back then I was more practicing then anything and wasn't too concerned with [pictures like I am now. And I am a right brained artist after all!! ;)
The dork in me was thinking about who should play who in the new Dark Tower movie series that's in the planning stages right now. This is by far my favorite series of books...and one I plan on reading again soon. The fan of the series are Die-Hards....I've not met one person yet that thought it was just a "meh" series. I have met a few that didn't like it so much...but whatever it. wasn't for them.
So I called up another die-hard friend and we put our heads together on what the characters looked like to us while we were reading. To me...Roland was always an older man. Unless they were talking about his younger years of course. We are stuck on a few characters and would like to hear suggestions from other people on who they think would be good for the parts. So far this is what we have.
Roland Deschain: Sam Elliot.
Eddie Dean: Jim Caveiziel
Sheemie: Michael Marisi Ornstein
I'm going to admit to a few things here. I become somewhat intimidated by a few things in the sculpting world. I really don't think its anything anyone does on purpose and partly some of it comes from wanting to do so much at once that I can't wrap my mind around any of it. There are so many beautiful fairies out there and yet my heart is with the uggos. I love the trolls and goblins and love to do them so much. BUT they tend not to be a very big challenge to me too and my heart yearns for something a bit harder to do. But, if you look at all the gorgeous sculptures of fairies out there...they are mostly all proportioned correctly...dainty and breath taking. I know a good deal of the collectors look for uniformity in dolls they collect too. Same with the artist associations.
But what if you can make a sculpt that is out of proportion and I mean well out of it and still make them beautiful? Who says they have to be a certain way?? Is this something we have all come to expect or is it out of the norm...I don't think there is any one person that dictates this sort of thing?? So I wonder why I am intimidated to do it?? I hope to accomplish this and make it my calling card. I think people want to see something different. I welcome the idea of making them look a bit alien-ish....yet with human features. It's hard to explain...but I hope to have the first one done here very soon. I don't think you will notice a few of the details that are out of proportion until I do a standing sculpt as this one is sitting but maybe a few people will pick it up. I am off to work on her now and will post pics later!! Until then...keep cool!!