Wednesday, April 27, 2011

2011 Reno Retreat

After a long dry spell, I am once again creating. It seems that our dark and wet winters have a dampening effect on both my creativity and my energy level. And while spring isn't here quite yet, but this year's Retreat gave me the kick start I sorely needed to find some joy in my studio again.


This year's doll features a cloth body, a cloth-over-resin face painted with watercolor pencils, and a base of carved and embellished floral foam.


The front of the base has a niche carved into it, closed by a gate of twisted wire. The embellishments are vintage locks and skeleton keys, metallic and interference paints, and my favorite glitters and microbeads. I haven't thought of anything to display inside the niche yet -- anybody have any ideas??


The back is embellished with more locks and keys, as well as a cricket that came in my goodie bag. Can you spot it in the lower right of this photo?



Perhaps this photo will give you a better look...


Her hat is my favorite part - gosh, it was fun to make! The basic form is made of cardboard pieces cut from a cereal box and held together with masking tape. The whole thing was sealed with acrylic medium, painted gold, and covered with black net fabric. The bmbellishments are lots and lots of tulle, another little lock and key, tiny watch gears, and of course, glitter and microbeads.




Can't wait until next year!

6 comments:

Shashi Nayagam said...

Absolutely awesome doll Judi. Love all the details.

Jennifer Rose said...

i love that hat :D
great job with all of the detail :) it looks great

Healing Woman said...

Glad you are back. You definitely are in full steam. Love your new sculpture. I've never attempted cloth over resin or anything else for a face but it looks like you really perfected this. I also love your Green Woman. You did such a fabulous job with her.

HElen said...

Judi, she is awesome! I love everything, especially details of her base and her hat. Great!

Bear said...

Judi,
she is stunning babe!!!!! Absolutely stunning I love every part of her from top to bottom- the hat is just beautiful its really
love n hugs bear xoxoxoxoxo

BumbleVee said...

She's great Judi.....love her hat! What kind of fabric did you put on over the resin of her face? ...and if I may be so bold as to ask...how far around the back did you go with it? Did it pucker too? I always have a time trying to make sure there are no puckers and end up having to slit a spot somewhere and butt up pieces of the face fabric...last time I managed to make it up under the chin so it didn't show...but, I sure would like to be able to get some fabric onto a face with no puckering....sigh.... maybe it is not possible.....

anyway...she is great...and I can't imagine what to showcase in her "cage"......although, maybe I could see a little bunny or something in there.....