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Please see previous posts regarding the making of the face.
I have now coated the face with several layers of soy wax and then I padded it underneath before stitching it to the croched and knitted background.
This picture shows the extent of the moulding of the face.
Mixed media.
This shows a close up of the machine stitching. I have put a layer of chiffon over the velvet which has been embellished with embossing crystals.
Some of the crystals are very thick so I avoided stitching over them.
I will now burn away the chiffon with a heat gun.
These hang around the studio, getting in the way and looking more and more bedraggled.
I have taken the bull by the horns and made a hanging display book so that they are now all in one place and out of the way.
This is the first stage.
As I wanted the pages to be easily removable I have safety pinned these to individual pieces of dyed blanket which will act as the book hinges.
(snapshot directly from inworld, Caliah Lyon's windlight settings, no postwork)
Since the release of Sayuri I've been working on a softer skin again, a softer version of Eva if you will. Though I try to make my skins look "real", I find my personal preference fighting that all the way, and I want to stick to the handdrawn/pastel look.
For the interested: The bikini is from Artilleri and the hair is from Fri.day
acrylic painting on stretched canvas.
picture danny( www.flickr.com/lucidopticlab ) took of me while i was painting inside the gallery today. I am almost finished with this one! putting last touches and fixups in then i need to sign and gloss varnish.
(note: crazy exploding dreadbun)
blogged here: lucidrose.blogspot.com/2010/07/weekend-tidbits-finsihing-...
A true WorkInProgress - I do not know what will become of this, but I have decided that whatever it is, it will happen tomorrow. Perhaps a bag.
These are the leftovers from the last three baby blankets - a blue part, a green-and-pink part... and a part of multicolored leftovers.
Oh - and there are 19 different fabrics received in swaps in this one!
I am re-visiting stumpwork and I have unearthed some old pictures from a time when I used to teach this subject.
I have put aside my womens' suffrage studies to ready myself for the General Election which should be in the early part of this year.
I have always made a piece for the Election, and this year I thought that I would revisit stumpwork and in particular the padded faces I used to embroider. These would be interesting made into political jewellery.
Watch this space!