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5 lessons and a wonderful group! These are my Messengers and Storytellers:Rich, Balance, Storyteller,Water,heart, heart1,Spring.
Wow! Stef! They are wonderful. I love your use of fiber and all the mixed media (silver etc ) parts. And the shapes/gestures you put into the torso are not only lovely design-wise but very emotionally evocative. I am a big believer of working in a "series"- so much to learn as you work on a number ofpieces in the same family- you did just great! xoxo Dayle
Oooh Stef! They're all wonderful! Your style is so creative and fun. And you were very bold in your media mixing. The way you wrap the fibers around the bodies is great. One reminds me of a tree with vines climbing on it. And using the tin is brilliant. Bravo! Karen
'Oh mi gosh- it is wonderful!!! The colors are fabulous, the feeling is very organic- like something from a garden. I love the way you did the edges. It's just super! Dayle Doroshow'
'Hi Stef- I can't get onto the message board at the moment- but wanted to let you know your dolls are FANTABULOUS!!!! Dayle Doroshow'
Thanks Dayle...but your class on Messengers and Storytellers is a great class!
These are Storyteller Dolls, made with the Millefiore technique...They are not finished, but I want to give you an idea of the fun work we are doing with Dayle!
Sunday Morning. Poetto, Cagliari's sea. I connected with the nature and my inner child, an experiment from Nancy Azara's book, Spirit Taking Form: "When you are an artist, you can again see the world with the eyes of the child-with the 'beginner's eyes' and the 'beginner's mind'..." "Notice everything.Touch it too, if you can" says Azara. So...I was walking and I noticed the sand. I noticed the surface and the texture, black and white, sand matt and sand glittering. The footsteps of hundreds of feet create an invisible and mysterious people. These footsteps seems the movement of a human tide that is gone. To the left, my shadow: I am the witness of this transhumance... The sea. A sea noisy, sometimes frightening, but clean and fresh. A strong smell of salt and algae. A white and cheerful foam which seems a lace that comes and goes. "Breath and breath"-says Nancy Azara-" watch yourself be with your breath"... I was almost hypnotized by the waves of the sea and observing the embroidery of blue and green waves, when suddenly a ray of Sun has broken down the colors of the waves and changed the natural painting. The embroidery of water has become a mosaic of shells, algae and gurgles of water! Fantastic, a fabric of water and plants!
I have decide to take home a treasure for my sculptures. Without a specific idea.
Only shapes and forms. Shapes like wood, shells, stones, sand...relax relax relax... eat for my spirit and water for my dolls...refresh your eyes:this sunday morning is the time for stones. A strange couple, but very interesting: stones and water.
The sea is now far and lives in my inner child. I became a stone, I'm a stone. (and a shell, and...)And this is my treasure, and your WHAT IS?
