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Today I am born again….today i am a blank slate. I wait here in this room for inspiration to come to me. a black on black palette waiting to be filled.
What hast thou wrought? September 1, 2009
A new doll, that has been in the making for a while, at least I drew it a few months ago. I have finished it this week. I cannot comfortably speak about it because I have an anger and bitterness that go with the sadness of this doll. It is ultimately a sarcastic thank you to whatever happened with my ex-husband last year in Venezuela, whatever it was that happened he came back here a changed man, and then devastated me by leaving….and continues to damage me by making me tell all his friends and random females that he has left, and adds to the damage by refusing to speak to me….and whatever….thus the tears thus the anger thus the bitterness, i feel i shall never recover.
detail
Pool of Tears or What hast thou wrought?
A new stuffed animal August 23, 2009
This giraffe seems to be a big hit with elementary age kids. Both my friend’s neice and my neice have expressed interest in taking Gilbert (pronounced Zheel Behr) home. He is made of cotton fabric, metallic thread and buttons, is stuffed with polyfil and has aluminum armature wire inside his legs. I am still working on an armadillo and a wonderful new doll whose name has not been whispered in my ear yet. While I was working on this new doll today, Gilbert was standing on my sewing table looking out the window into the back yard. He really enjoyed watching the squirrels chasing each other around the maple tree. He also reminded me to fill the bird feeders and that the lawn needs mowing.
Stuffed Giraffe
Gilbert Giraffe detail
During the week I was at a workshop and while there came up with an idea for a series of dolls which will also become a painting. I am going to begin working on it before I have to get back to teaching. Look for them to appear on here in the near future.
Dolls August 5, 2009
Here are some dolls I have created.
Goth Doll Dolores
Sugaree My first doll
Thing 1 and Thing 2
Stuffed Animals August 5, 2009
I am posting this to show some of the dolls I have made in the past couple years. In a few days I will post some additional ones that I have made.
Hilda the Dancing Hippo
Bad Crow
Cat
Elevyn the Elephant
Elevyn the Elephant side view
Horace the Elephant
Jasper Jackass
Jumble Jackass
Lab Rat
Detail of Lab Rat
Illaina Llama
Illiana Llama face
Olive Ewe June 22, 2009
Once long ago we said “three” instead of I love you but now there are only two, so we say “olive ewe”. Olive is a gift to my daughter upon her high school graduation. Her body is made of olive printed cotton fabric, she has batik fabric ears, tail, udder and hooves. She is wearing a homespun wool sweater in beige and violet.
Olive the Ewe
Olive Ewe
Richard Heade April 19, 2009
A new doll just completed, all I had to do was finish knitting the scarf which was a foray into intentionally messing up stitches, very difficult for a person with pretty consistent tension and regular even stitches. I was lucky enough to start teaching third graders how to knit and watching them make mistakes like unintentional yarn overs, dropped stitches, skipped stitches and unintended short rows help me to do this and made it fun. Well anyway his name is Richard Heade. You may get the point. Apologies to my very dear friend Richard - hugs. He is not named after you I promise!
A new wacky doll named Richard Heade
She is an eyedoll April 2, 2009
Eyedoll
The queen of all butterflies existing in three states of being all at once. She is the caterpillar stuffed and ready to pupate, she is the pupa, waiting for her true self to emerge, she is the queen of all butterflies, her wings starting to burst. She is regal in her winged robes, a belt of copper leaves at her waist. Her antennae are many she is reaching out to fill all of her senses. Reina.
Meet Maurice September 28, 2008
Maurice the Moose
Bonjour je m’appelle Maurice, I am a moose from Chicoutimi, Quebec. My favorite pastime is people watching. I enjoy kayaking and mountain climbing. My favorite food is of course Poutine, but since I am a vegetarian I prefer it avec gravy de champignon, non avec le traditionnal gravy de poulet. I am going to live with a family en Tully NY, j’ecoute they have trois bébés! Enchanté!
