Saraswati turned out to be an extensive beading project.
She is completely bejeweled so I taught myself the right angle weave
for beading to make her necklace and belt.
Her crown is lace trim I reshaped and beaded.
She has glass eyes which are a little like teddy bear eyes.
They allowed for a good pull through her head
which shaped the face really nicely.
Sitting in her pond on her Lotus flower
she is 21" tall and 13" wide and 12" deep.
$1900.00
Saraswati
Saraswati sits serenely in her lotus pond contemplating her next song. As a Goddess of creativity she carries the Book of Knowledge in one hand and a set of Mala beads in another, showing us that creativity comes from knowledge and discipline. She is commonly shown with four arms representing mind, intellect, awareness and ego, four aspects of the human personality. She wears white to show that she is founded in the experience of the Absolute Truth, which expresses itself during the creative act.
Saraswati's sitar is paperclay which John made for me that I then painted, strung and beaded. Her Book of Knowledge is the old style accordion book that opens up to reveal the fool's journey as rendered by Jessica Clayman in her self published Fabrication Tarot. It is covered with handmade paper that was gifted to me a while ago. The Swan is a little stuffy I made with a felted beak and beaded eyes.
The Swan's Bindi dot was the last touch
Lord Lineus
His Key and Hat of Office are a heavy burden for one who is much younger than he appears. But, as usual, he seems to be the only one around here who knows what's going on!
Lord Lineus is free standing even with this huge hat. He has mohair beard, moustache, eyebrows and hair.
He has glass eyes and his legs, arms and fingers are movable, poseable and bendable
$350.00
Libuse
Mother of the Czech Nation
Libuse was a Princess with the gift of prophecy. She was the first Queen of Prague and could see into the future and the past. She could always see the truth so became a great Judge for her people.
Here we see Libuse in the throws of vision. She is said to have prophesied the site for the city of Prague as well as also married a man that she saw in a vision. He was Premysl a ploughman. Together they founded the Premyslid Dynasty that ruled Prague for the next 400 years.
Libuse is my first free standing doll.
She has a wire armature inside a soft sculpted cloth body and is approx. 20" tall.
$650.00
Sadie and her Magic Carpet
Here is Sadie ready to fly if she could just remember the magic words!
At 22" tall including plume, Sadie comes with her Magic Carpet ready for a day of flying.
Her legs, arms and fingers are movable, poseable and bendable
$450.00
Esmina
Here is Esmina sporting her new
Steam Punk Victorian outfit.
Hand died silk make up her ruff and cuffs, Merino Silk Roving is her hair.
Her legs, arms and fingers
are movable, poseable and bendable.
She stands Aprox. 22" high
$450.00
Lord Ganesha
This is my first Award Winning Doll. He made 3rd in the Artist Level 1 Category at the 2009 Canadian Doll Artists Association competition in May.
Here we see Lord Ganesha dancing on his Rat blessing us and urging us toward enlightenment.
His little Rat friend is made of paperclay while Ganesha himself is silk.
He stands 16" tall $1800.00
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