Then,... just above him..I was able to photograph a very large Goblin before it was sucked completely into the wall!!!
Have a SpOOktacular HaLLowEeN!!!!
overall measures just under 6" wide and almost 9 1/2" long
Were All Mad here!!!!
This is me..TRYING to imitate Patricias' famous duck call!.. I must say, I sounded more like a little squealing piglet, then Patricias Elequent ducky! Or maybe I was just more the rubber ducky!! I'll have to practice.... This takes a lot of creativity..believe me!!
Me...after our midnight moonlight swim..duck calling contest... and a bit too much fun!
I thought I'd show how I put Alice's theater box together for the Alice piece I did For the Duirwaigh gallery show.
Inside I cut watercolor paper that I glued in and then gave it all a good coat of Gesso to protect.
Each book has an original ink drawing on the inside cover of my little Skeleton Baby Head!
The book is 40 pages and has color photos of 18 of my Ghostie Dolls and the "Dark Whimsy" poems I wrote about their early demise.
Spiral Bound 5 1/2"x 8 1/2" Limited to only 50 copies.
$25.00 within the US (includes shipping)
$30.00 International (includes shipping)
Payment can be made through paypal.
e-mail me for info @ faeries16@hotmail.com
Eternally yours,
Gail
Since the Mad creator herself.."Angie" has posted pictures of my Alice piece for her show on her site... I thought I would finally show the finished piece here!http://www.messagefromthemuse.typepad.com/duirwaigh/
Alice... who has been wondering in wonderland a bit too long... and her dolly "March Hare" who both have imbided in to much "tea" at the party and have gone a "bit mad here"!!
Alice is free standing and 10" tall. The overall theater piece is 16" high by 7" wide.
Alice's clothes are made from antique textiles and hand dyed lime green leather victorian shoes. Wild "mad" mohair wig, and hand painted pinkish/blue eyes. Hand made top hat complete with leather Rabbit ears!
Her "Mad Wonderland Theater Box" was an after- thought... and, once I started it, I thought I was truly "mad" for coming up with the idea to do it !! Although, I think it greatly adds something to the piece, I had no idea of what I was doing, and it was like a bad "Twilight Zone movie that just went on and on and on........ the never ending story...no wait ..thats another movie!!
I took photos of the creation of the "mad box" as I went along.... so keep watching and I'll be posting photos of the, "how I did it",... while I was still half sane!..or not..a matter of opinion!
My Ghostie book is NOW Available! !
This poor thing doesn't have her hair yet.....and, she has a splitting headache! Literally!!
This one was the first ones I did. Her head is not jointed, and I've sewn the clothes on her so I can't remove them to show you her body. She measures 10"
I really love the poseability and being able to "play"with these jointed dolls. The majority of my dolls I make are free standing, and posed in one position, and this is so fun to be able to interact with them! I just wish there was a FASTER way to do them! It's definatly not instant gratification!!!!! Always, when I'm about half way done with one, I start wondering what the heck I was thinking as it feels like I'll never get finished! I just want to get done and see the finished doll! For me it's the costuming that I enjoy the most..and I'm VERY impatient!
I call this piece "fairy funeral". She started out to be a ball jointed doll. Her head is jointed but her arms are cotter pinned at the shoulders and her elbows are put together more like the old balinese puppets. By the time I got to her legs...I just couldn't stand it, and so her torso and legs are totally sculpted in one position. She has human hair and is 13 1/2"
If I get one really good body I like, I may just get it molded and then sculpt different heads for it.... in between all the other things I want to do.....aaahhh.. so many ideas and never enough time!!
AAHHH..Midnight.. The Bewitching hour!!
I've long had a facination with wax figures and dolls.
Another wax head from a wax museum with inserted human hair eyebrows. This poor guy's lost part of his face. I've slowly been cleaning and repairing him He thinks he's Napolean, and I have't had the heart to tell him any different!
From France I have two domed wax christ babes with inserted human hair. Probably late 1800's. It's rare to find the original domes still intact.
A collection of my wax dolls (except for the one on the left). 1880's mostly from England.
I've been playing around with creating wax dolls, and at some point want to create a wax fairy. I think that would be the perfect medium for a fairy..Haunting, translucent, and mysterious!
Dark Blessings, Gail
The Fairy Godmum and Miss Pennythistle...who thinks shes Queen of everything she sees!
Then they started to multiply. Just like Gremlins! One day MissTinkeywillow showed up and they had a tugowar with the christmas tinsel. It took hours to get them untangled! They didn't play well together so I sent Miss Tinkeywillow off to bug someone else!
Next to show up was Petunia Petootie.It was okay for awhile, but then the two of them started to become so annoying. They would steal my paintbrushes and torment me by acting like they were going to paint on the dolls I was working on!
They started to fight over toys...mostly because Miss Pennythistle thinks everything is hers. She does not play well with others!! SOOO Petunia Petootie went buh-by!
Then Princess Poppyseed showed up. Well...you can imagine what Miss Pennythistle thought of that!!! Two princesses do not do well together! Soooo..I had to find a new home for Princess Poppyseed....then, I locked my doors and close the shades, and pretended to leave town!
So it's back to just Miss Pennythistle by herself, which is how she likes it. Things are much quiter, with just an occassional missing spool of thread. Now, if I can just stop her from tormenting the dogs........
Dark Blessings, Gail
CURIOUSER.......
AND CURIOUSER.......
Another one of my "ghosties" , but a rare piece as it's a little brother and sister. "Drucilla & Tiny Tim" Drucilla is 13 1/2" and tiny Tim is 7 1/2" tall Polymerclay over wire armature and free standing.(most of my dolls are)
"Poor Ellie Jane, left standing in the rain...
her dolly in tote, still waits for her mum at the boat" (Gosh..was it the titanic)??
And..Voilet Lark..the little ghostie that started it all!
"Poor Violet Lark, went to play in the park after dark,
and was ate by a land shark"!
Violet stand s just under 13" and her clothing was made using an antique decrepit maroon silk velvet and other "ageing" textiles. Her baby doll is just under 2 1/2" and wears the typically ghostly rotting & shredded gauze befitting a strange baby-doll.
One of my favorites! Lucy Mcbee!
"Sweet little Lucy McBee..
At the time I think was just three..
tried to ride her stick horse..it was a disaster of course,
Now she's known as Ghostie McBee!"
Lucy is just over 9" tall with rotting skeleton stick horse and creepy dolly..all the better to love them!
Hope they inspire you!
Eternally Yours, Gail
(p.s. all have gone to haunt houses other than mine!)
