Bits and pieces

I finally finally finished a page with zentangles on it in my art journal and sent photos to Judy.
I don't think they are true zentangles, a lot of the basic elements are there I guess, but really I think it's more like a sectioned doodle :) Here's a video Judy posted out showing a "zentangle betweed" and it really gave me a better perspective on the how's and why's of zentangles.







Here's the art doll I mentioned a post or two ago that I had made for a swap. The theme was to make a Goddess doll for Thinning of the Veil as it relates to Samhain/Halloween. For me there is a big difference between "Samhain" and the broader version of "Halloween".

I was trying for a prim stump doll type and used paper clay over armature, painted it with acrylics, drew the face using Prisma color pencils, and hand crafted my first doll "wig" with a blend of wool, ribbon, and recycled sari silk yarns. To get the mottled effect I used a piece of sponge to "paint" the blue on the dress then the silver metallic over the top of all trying to get a misty effect. The necklace is a hematite with faceted glass crystal bicones on each side. It was a fun doll to make and while I am pretty sure the person received it they never posted whether they had or whether they even liked it or not. Oh well... can't please every one all the time I guess?



A friend of mine requested photos yesterday and made the comment "OMG you chaneled Cher and didn't even know it!" Too funny!!

I have a two swap dolls I need to decide what I'm making them out of (clay media, fabric, combination?, beaded or not) and get completed to send out later in October. They are the small 4 to 5 inch dolls for the Decidedly Different Dolls group. One is a Tree doll.... OH the ideas with this one, I may end up with a little forest of assorted Tree-Ents!

The other doll is for a Halloween swap... I haven't decided what I want to make with that one. There are just so many things you can do for Halloween... a little witch but cute or scarey with a boiling cauldron or black cat? Frankenstein or maybe a skeleton hmmm or a skeleton witch? What about a jack-o-lantern headed scarecrow? Or the headless horseman?! Decisions decisions! I love Halloween, we've always had so much fun decorating and costuming. I kinda miss taking the kids trick or treating and all the fuss that led up to picking the costumes and or face paints etc.

There is an art doll challenge going on that I haven't decided if I want to do yet, but I've been thinking on it. It's theme is "World Goddess", pick any Goddess out of any pantheon/mythos and create a figure representing her. I was thinking of maybe trying to go with Lakshmi and using a mixed media/polymer clay sculpted idea.
I don't know much about Hindu Goddess', but from the description and the meanings attributed to her I think every one could use a little more of Lakshmi's energy roaming around!