The Faerie Cottage

New face

2011-12-22T13:58:00.001-08:00

I worked about 3 hours on this face. I have been trying to improve on my adult fairy faces. I think she came out lovely! I think I will make her into a mermaid on a moon! Lots to do over the holiday season!

Whisp of Winterland

2011-12-07T13:01:00.001-08:00

Whisp is the first of hopefully four wee faeries I will be displaying for sell at the IADR table at the fabulous IDEX 2012!!!

Faerie wings

2011-11-27T16:33:00.001-08:00

Decided to create a different style faerie wing for my IDEX faeries! It is old school style made from tissue, tons of glitter and sealed in 3 d laquer. Yay!

The white wings are for a snow faerie. They were very hard to photograph!

Faerie Slipper

2011-10-15T15:48:00.001-07:00

Today I worked on my very first faerie slipper!! It measures around 5 inches long! I cant wait to sculpt a sweet little fae to sit into it!! Yay!

This slipper was made using a drawn paper shoe I cut out, then used paper mache to form it. I then used a later of paper raffetta (sp?) and then a layer of fusible fibers and a layer of dryer sheet ( yep ) then covered in glittet gloss. I added a few butterfly stencils, some flower decor and a cute little faerie dust bottle! Lastly I added soft white trim around the slipper! Did I mention glitter? Loads and loads of sparkling glitter!!!

Pinup Contest!

2011-08-31T07:51:00.000-07:00

The International Art Doll Registry is having a contest for September.

Pinups is the theme. Everyone who knows me knows I LOVE pinup art!!! So I thought it would be fun to include everyone in deciding which pinup I will use to inspire me to create a sculpture for this contest. The photo below is 3 of my most favorite demure pinups. Please help me choose!

The lady with the most votes will be my inspiration. I will post work in progress photos along the way of sculpting her. I have only 3 weeks to get her done. And with my time schedule, that is not long! Come on friends! Play along! :)

Yay! I am excited!

Kasha

2011-04-12T08:08:00.000-07:00

First Sculpture for Sale since hiatus!

2011-03-29T14:32:00.000-07:00

Well here she is folks. My first Steampunk inspired sculpture and my first to list on ebay in a very long time!
I hope she does well!

Ebay Link

As easy as riding a bike?

2011-03-25T07:30:00.000-07:00

I have been on hiatus for 3 years now, I keep trying to complete a piece, but it really is like starting all over. I have had to relearn the techniques of sculpting. I have finished about 6 heads now all different sizes but have not completed one single art piece.

But I continue to sculpt on hoping that eventually a Little Person will be smiling up at me.

Here is one face I completed a last week. It sits upon my worktable, bodiless.

It isn't as if I don't have inspiration, but with inspiration comes interuption. :)

So last night while watching "Fly Me to the Moon" with Princess Marcella and my Lord Michael, I got to work on an armature for a little 5 1/2 inch pixie. I am bound and determined to complete her, because frankly my muse is throwing so many images through my head that my heart and hands can't sculpt fast enough to keep up. Wish me luck with this new little one.

Playing with a New Face

2011-03-01T12:44:00.000-08:00

Had some time last week and played around with a much larger face. I started out with a paper mache egg, tilted on it's side a little (an Ankie Daanen trick), covered with foil and then tape.

Sad Little Girl.

Mira WIP

2011-02-08T07:24:00.000-08:00

Here is the base head armature. I took a hint from Mark Dennis and sculpted a "skull" like armature with the eyes already baked in place to have a starting point. I am not the type of artist that uses measuring instruments, I go basically on whatever comes from my fingers. That is the joy in sculpting freehand and fantasy based figures, they can be whatever you wish them to be and not follow any guideline but your own creativity.

First layer of clay around eyes and tops of forehead. I try to keep the clay as clean as possible and as smooth as possible.

More clay added to the face area so I can build up the nose and lips.

First stage of lips and nose...she looks like a baby monkey! :)

I have fine tuned her lips and nose some more and added more clay around the eyes. I use a tiny paint brush for smoothing.

Here is Mira's final head after baking. I can see now her left eye is a little higher then the right eye, but I am very happy with her results. She is going to be a cutie pie!

Here you see the arms before I baked them.


I am scraping the baked arms with an exacto knife to give it a more smoother lint free exterior. I follow up with a extra fine nail buffer to smooth it out.

Quick Peek

2011-01-21T07:59:00.000-08:00

She isn't quite done. I am working on a top hat for her. I am very proud of her. And so excited to be back in the game!!!!

New Art Sculpture

2011-01-21T07:30:00.000-08:00

Okay. So everyone is aware that I have been missing in action lately. I have been struggling with life, depression, work, family... I got burned out. Stepped away from the clay. It has been roughly one year since I have sculpted something I was very proud of. Right after New Years...I heard a whisper. A flick of my ear...a thought...

So I listened. I sat down and began a piece. As the armature shaped from my hands...I could see her in my head. And my muse...smiling smugly...hands on hips...leading the way. Here is the beginning of my current project.

M.

Acceptance

2011-01-21T07:25:00.003-08:00

Little Title. Big Word
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What is it in human nature that leads us all, at least one time in our lives, to search for acceptance. What drives us to have this longing of being accepted for who we are, what we believe in, how we live? Most of the time we walk the circle of our life, in solitude, sometimes looking, even searching for someone or something that will look deep into our inner core and say : I see you.

A talent that most humans have is the ability to hide their true self. You can look upon a person and see their fancy clothes, perfect hair, perfect smile beaming a perfect set of teeth, clean hands, perfect tiny body. But do you really see them? Some people hide. Some people show us who they truly are all the time but we just chose not to see.

Do you look at me and see my chubby face? Do you look at my clothes and think she is weird? Do you look at my tattoos and think whore? Do you look at my hands and see the dirt and think I am filth? Do you look in my dark eyes and see? Do you truly see me?

My chubbiness is years of not taking better care of my health. My clothes reflect my inner funky sass. My tattoos express my artistic spirit and give an artist a walking canvas to express their own. My hands are dirty because I immerse myself in my inner truth and not always am I a bright shining star.

I am beautiful.

Do you see me?

New Day

2011-01-21T07:25:00.001-08:00

From the darkness day is dawning
In my darkest hour I lost sight
All my pain and all my sorrow
May it ease with this new light May my tears remain uncounted
And I bid the Goddess be my guide
For where you lead you know I'll follow
As long as you’re always by my side
At this crossroad the way seems clouded
In her warmth I bid to stay
Grant me grace and grant me vision
Grant me strength on this new day May my strength and may my power
Lift me up and light my way
I seek faith and I seek wisdom
At the dawning of this new day

Take Me

2011-01-21T07:24:00.002-08:00

Hot concrete under my feet
Choked stifled smothered
By the city’s smog
Oh how I wish
For the simple sound Of Gaia’s song Mountains of tall Concrete walls Blocking out the sky Blaring beeping thumping
Chaos of beats
Drowning out Her sigh.
Cycle of humans
Corruption commuting polluting
Toxic waste in the ditch
Hurricanes Tornados Floods
She is speaking louder
No one hears but the Witch Cast the circle,
Invoke the Gods
Energy Rising Sending Healing
Take what You need
I hear you,
I release to you Gaia take healing from me!

Beltane Poem

2011-01-21T07:24:00.000-08:00

On this blessed night in May
We gather for our sacred
Beltane Lord and Lady
sweetly entwined
Beautiful as one, blissfully divine
They who give birth to all things
Blessing all with the bounty they bring
Let us circle into the night
Lending energy to this Pagan Rite,
By the moon’s light for all to see
Sending love to the Universe,
Blessed Be!