Sculpture 2: Part 3- He has legs!

Sorry this post is a little late today. I was almost done with my doll's legs yesterday when I realized the left one had two more stitches than it was supposed to and I had to undo half of it to find the mistake! Anyway, here he is now, with legs!

This project is going a little slower than I would like. It's more difficult to get a lot of crafting done now that I have an internship, but I am really happy to be working again so it's all okay.

Here is a close-up. His thighs might be a little too thin but other than that I think his legs turned out well!

And here is a sneak preview of the thread I bought to make his pants. Keep following your dreams and hopefully next week my doll will have arms!

Sculpture 2: Part 2

My little guy is slowly coming along! I still have a long way to go before he's finished, but at least now his torso is complete and he has one cute little knobby knee! 

His house was what I really spent my time on this week. First, I started painting it "Empire Gold." After the first coat I decided the walls needed more texture, since I was trying to give them a stucco-like appearance. I crinkled up a piece of tissue paper and wrapped it around the house like so:

When I painted over the tissue paper, the texture looked much better.

The roof was the part that took the most time. I wanted to make a clay tile roof and decided to use bubble tea straws for the tiles. I had a packet of straws, so I took some and cut them in half lengthwise, then I cut along the length to make short tiles. I glued them to the roof so that they overlap like real roof tiles.

After the glue had dried, I mixed a few drops of black paint in with red to make the color resemble terra-cotta. (It looks much brighter in this picture than in person.)

 Don't worry, I haven't forgotten windows and doors on the house, this is just as far as I've gotten this week!

Keep following your dreams and I'll see you next week!

Sculpture 2: Part 1

My next sculpture for the Newport Beach Art Exhibition has begun! For this one I have decided to make a boy doll, and he is going to be sitting on top of a house. Everything is still pretty much in "sneak-preview" mode right now.

Here is my doll so far. I still have a lot of crocheting to do, his arms and legs don't even have any skin yet!

This is what he looked like last week, just a head and skeleton.

I made the house out of a couple styrofoam pieces...

...then added a layer of paper maché.

This is what happened when I ran out of paper and switched to the newspaper adds. Don't worry, everything will look better with paint!

I'm excited to see how this new sculpture turns out. If you are too, keep checking back next Wednesday. And don't forget to keep following your own creative dreams!

Lovely Turquoise Roses

I chose the blue rose as a symbol for my blog and Etsy shop because it struck me as the perfect symbol of imagination and dreams: something beatutiful that has not yet been made a reality. It was likely the same line of thought that made it impossible for me to resist these turquiose rose beads when I came across them at Joann's!

I made this necklace and earrings set with the advice of some crafty friends who liked the contrast between the soft turquoise color of the roses and the more industrial-looking dark metal chain and ear wires, and helped me choose that color combination.

The metal I used for this set is black nickel. If I were going to make it for someone with sensitive ears I would use sterling silver, which would still be beautiful, but not as dark.

I chose a simple, elegant clasp.

A couple weeks ago I tried to learn the art of wire wrapping with some friends. My first attempts were not as successful as I would have liked, but I plan to keep trying, so maybe we will be seeing a ring to go with this set soon! 

If you could make an make an imaginary plant a reality, what would it be? I'll be dreaming of blue and turquoise roses until next week!

My 1st Sculpture for the Newport Beach Art Exhibition is Done!

Thank you all for staying with me during all the weeks of watching this project slowly take form. Well, I hope you think it has paid off, because my crochet and papier-mâché sculpture is finally finished!

And a back view...

I have decided to try and do a second sculpture before the deadline in May, so I'll be showing you updates on that very soon! I'll let you know how both sculptures do at the exhibition, too. Keep following your dreams until next week!