Dreamkeeper and Wishmaker

In July I was invited to participate in Raining Art Dolls, an art doll exhibit hosted by wonderful art doll artist Patricia Anders. The Raining Art Dolls exhibit is being held at Ten Women Gallery in Venice, CA, September 1 to September 30. Twenty-nine artists will have art dolls in this exhibit.
Three parameters [...]

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Milagros Spirit Icons-Hands

Here are two pictures in the periodic posting of my Milagros Spirit Icons series. These two Milagros Spirit Icons represent the hands and/or arm. The hand/arm Milagros represents our connection to others. Our hands are the way we relate to the world; we reach out to others and others return our touch.
The [...]

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Milagro Spirit Icons: The Heart

Milagros is Spanish for Miracle. In Folk Art, Milagros are talismans against illness, trouble and pain. They are symbols of hope or dreams; a promise made or fulfilled.
I became intrigued with Milagros during our trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico in September, 2007. The Milagros I purchased during that trip became the [...]

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Small Milagro Spirit Icons

In a burst of energy as I was preparing for the Paradise City show last month, I decided to create not only the large Milagro Spirit Icons (which I will post; I promise) but smaller Milagro Spirit Icons.  To keep the retail price affordable, I used small face molds (versus sculpting each head), created a solid [...]

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Cairn 2008 Four Ways

As expected, the stone cairns I created in various spots at the edge of the woods last summer fell over during the past winter.  Here is my favorite cairn, recreated for 2008.
In full color:

In black and white:

In sepia tone:

And in the negative (I love the little purple leaves):

I’m intrigued how the mood of the image changes [...]

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The Bodies Have Arrived

I finished attaching the sculpted heads (posted on May 6) to their respective bodies this week.  More work needs to be done until they are finished but I thought you might like to see them in-progress.

And here are the four sculpts from the back row.

These guys are giving me a good laugh.

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Vaughn Hills Sprites

Somewhere between the mist of the morning and the dew on the grass,
below the fallen leaves and the moss on the path,
live the Vaughn Hills Sprites. 
The 2008 Vaughn Hills Sprites have left their words of inspiration and encouragement carved into tiny rocks.  Typically shy and slightly mischevious creatures, the sprites are showing their faces and a wisp [...]

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Koto Inspiration

This figurative sculpture was inspired by a wax figure/doll created by the Koto people in Chad.  The original wax doll reflected changes brought about by the introduction of Islam.  Islam does not allow figurative representation, even in children’s dolls.  The Koto peoples responded by creating abstract images in wax.

Original inspiration Koto Peoples doll
Source: Isn’t S/He [...]

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If Two Heads Are Better Than One…

Then 10 must be loads of fun!
After quite some time, after waiting for inspiration to strike, after waiting for an idea to come, I started sculpting heads last week.  I’ve decided to work on a series.  In this case all the doll heads were created using the same technique, yet each one has a distinct look [...]

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London: Day Four-The Finale

We made plans to visit London several months ago.  And the primary reason for visiting was to see the First Emperor exhibit at the British Museum.  I reasoned that it was less expensive to visit London than having to get new visas for China, travel 25 hours, plus more time traveling from Beijing to the original [...]

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