Skip to main content

Dead Bride Makes Comeback!


Or something like that.  I like to start my posts with a catchy title.  Shock effect...me and that radio guy with the long black hair...we like to use the old shock effect technique!  



So this is the haunted War Bride sculpture I was making for the ADQ Bride challenge.  She was coming along nicely and then...life got in the way.  Big, hairy, unforgiving life...sigh....


But truth be told I had a little creative block going on, as well.  I couldn't mesh her story line and a backdrop.    She sat on that trunk and just stared at me.  I started to make little suitcases to add in there but it seemed really forced.  And, really hard.  I didn't want to make suitcases.  Just plain didn't want to.  And I made the base look like wood planks and that wasn't working because I felt like she was waiting for someone to come to her...she would be on shore..on pavement or brick or such.  I couldn't wrap my head around it.


But most of all I felt like it looked a little too much like the background I did for Sara Crewe not very long ago.  I think that was it.  That was really the sticking point.  So here's a new take.  She's a girl...sitting on a garden wall.....waiting for her lover to come to her...
She's still pretty greyish and I love that about her so...I don't know...is she a ghost?  Maybe.  Do I just do a greyish theme?  I dunno.  We'll have to see.  Hey!  Do you like the back drop?  New comforter I scored on clearance for $50.00!  Best of all- same color as the doggie who likes to sleep on top of it!  

Comments

  1. KimApril 26, 2013 at 7:28 AM

    Please don't change her greyish coloring- I love that about her! I do love her on the wall though- looks really nice. I have been thinking about you Chris- I hope your career has been going well.

    ReplyDelete
  2. ACreativeDreamerApril 26, 2013 at 7:03 PM

    Love her... and I really think you are on the mark with the wall, and the whole "ghost" thing. I can see her sitting there waiting for that love that didn't return. Great job Chris! (Especially on scoring the comforter that matches the dog!)

    ReplyDelete
  3. Danielle L ZecherJune 8, 2013 at 8:36 AM

    I like her, and I love her dress.

    The comforter is great too! $50.00 is great too.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Thank you for visiting with me:)

Popular posts from this blog

A Little Summer Fun Followed By A Little Summer Anxiety!

  Yep.  Got a  little goin' on... First off-  Anything to keep these two busy!    Very first overnight camp- thought I'd be really anxious.  Turns out- not so much! A few family reunions   with a few too many pictures taken.... A little surf and sand and a husband who says "Back up...I'll get the bay in the background."   Hmmm ... looks like we're in the background and those flip flops are are pretty much the focal point of this picture.  No wonder I'm always behind the lens! Did I mention- ANYTHING TO KEEP THESE TWO BUSY???? There's been some art.... And then there's this lady.  This is the final on her face- because if I don't get this done.... Their gonna lock me away in the funny house! Oh yeah, because I just don't have enough going on.... Remember this?  The birdcage never quite made it on this lady's head but.....I did not throw it out.  Actually I lost it and finally found it un...
6 comments
Read more

Paper Mache` vs. Creative Paper Clay vs. Paper Clay Recipe!

For those of you who work in figurative sculpture, or are art doll makers, or just like to putz around in an artsy way this post is for you. If you don't fit into the categories above this post may just be a yawn. Sorry. The following is a comparison of my experiences using three different products. Paper mache`, Creative Paper Clay, and paper clay recipe. This picture is a good example of how I like to mix up my mediums. The round flower is Creative Paper Clay. The 3-petal blossom is made from the paper clay recipe found on line. Both of these flowers adhered quite well with out any glue to the paper mache` background. In my Cloth and Clay group I have a discussion going about a paper clay recipe vs. purchasing the manufactured paper clay. I wanted an alternative to the little bricks and my dependency on whether or not my local hobby stores would have it in stock or not. And, truthfully, at the time with a rather large sculpture in mind I knew I would eat through those...
12 comments
Read more

I thought I could hack it....

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 real...
14 comments
Read more