Unusual Girl Studios

Going a week without posting....but I was wrong!  The problem is that while I have been working my patootie off on the big little lady there's just not much to show for it. Since you've seen her last she's gotten hair with stuff growing out of it.  I've had some metal garland for years (I'm a pack rat, thanks parents of that generation!)  and wove it in there along with some wired rope.  Then I decided I needed way more leaves so I went to the hardware and bought aluminum flashing and spent hours cutting out leaves.  I wasn't sure I even liked her "do" but its growing on me.  One thing was for sure I hated her hands.  More specifically how huge I had made them.  her delicate arms were attached to these huge clubs and I wasn't happy.  After all, I wanted her to have thin arms and a thin neck so it wasn't like I could make them bigger!  But- last week I did make those arms beefier and guess what?  She looks good.  Then I realized that her arm

Hey!!! You're CUTE! No! I mean it, YOU ARE DARLING!  What are You doing in a dusty old place like this? Let me get a look at you...... That shape! Your style- very haute couture!  Did you used to belong to Jackie Kennedy?  You look like you might have! Truly, you are proof positive that great design withstands the test of time. You know what?  You are coming home with me- that's it, that's final, finnito!  What?  5.00?  Are these people crazy?  Do they not know what they have here?  Well, they do not deserve to have you in their presence, not one minute more.   Now, where will I put you?  I know, the girl's room.  No!  Those beasts will defile you with stickers and grime.  The bathroom?  Hmm, won't fit.  My room?  You don't go with the decor.  Of course I must re-decorate...  Oh, wait, settle down, Chris! Ok, let's just start with an introduction to the living room.... Did I mention how CUTE you were?

I registered like I was supposed to- crossed my t's and dotted my i's.  Filled out some forms on line (big feat for me) and uploaded some pictures.  Then...I waited.  It was now time for venue's and artists to make contacts to secure a venue.  Venue being the establishment that would host your art during Art Prize.  I waited.  Not patiently.  I had one in mind that I had been in contact with- actually I had my heart set on it from the moment I walked through the building last year.  They did not contact me.   christine mikowski Comstock Park, MI United States 3D figurative sculpture This unfinished, lifesize sculpture stands over 57" tall and approximately 30". She is made of paper mache` and wears a very dimensional gown of flora and fauna made from ...  Read more Showing at   Amway Grand Plaza Hote l H owever, the Amway Grand Plaza did.   "Well, that works!"  I thought.  I knew immediately where she should be and hoped that no ot

And do more ART!!!  Ha!  Gotcha!  I've been addicted to this paper mache', figurative sculpting, art doll craziness for awhile now- its no secret!  But I do other stuff, too.  Besides yelling at kids because I'm washing clothes that aren't dirty but its easier to stuff them in the laundry than hang them up- I do other stuff. I'm sharing this project with you because it falls under the category of "if I can do this-you can do this".    This lovely collage wall is part of my husbands pool room.  (Which I completely take over as my studio on a regular basis- "HELLLLOOOO!")   I have a ton of photos from when we used to live in a tiny house on a beautiful river.  When our number of residents in that house became 4 it was necessary to sell it and buy a larger house not on water.  I miss that river.     I wanted to incorporate this history from our old life into our new life and hubby's pool room seemed like an ideal spot.  Frames however did no