Redwood Coast Creative Arts

Wild Caught Faerie I

She is the first in the Wild Caught Faeries series
She is trapped in our realm and quite distressed and disgruntled to be here. 
She has the key to the faerie realm but she can’t find the door.  She is certain that I know where it is.  She is always asking the other Mystical Beings to help her find the door and escape back to Faerie Land.

She is a Wild Forest Faerie and prefers to dance naked in the trees rather than being all dressed up in fancy finery.  She absolutely would not allow me to fix her wild mass of hair.  I was afraid that she might bite me so I just let her be! 


One of a kind, Hand sculpted polymer, hand painted , natural fiber hair, wire armature, Leather corset, silk and synthetic fabric

Lil’ Miss Moss Bit- Wee Wild Caught Faerie

At just 1.5” Lil’ Miss Moss Bit is the Teeny Weeniest  of all of the Wild Caught faeries in the series.

She is a Spring Sprout Faerie who sprouted out of a patch of moss that was growing around the roots of a tree.  Her home is in the forest in a made of rotten redwoods and mushrooms. She has a pet honey bee and feeds on honeycomb and lichen. She says that all of the trees look the same and can’t find her way back to Faerie Realm!

She is trapped in our mortal realm and lives in a little cage.  Don’t worry she can get out.  The bars are no match for her faerie magic!  She can come and go in and out of the cage as she pleases.  The bars are only symbolic of her being lost and then captured in our mortal realm!

One of a kind, Hand sculpted polymer, hand painted, wire armature, Knit fabric, faux fur hair


 

Tierra- The Earth Fae

One of the Elemental Faeries. She works with the gnomes, tending the soil. She loves nothing better than munching on fallen foliage and playing garden games with her friends, the Earthworms and snails.



In the Winter time she hibernates in an underground burrow that she digs out with her spade-foot toad feet.  Her hair is lichen and moss and wings are new Spring growth! They will sprout and grow as the seasons change. They may even bloom and bear fruit.  She will shed them before going into hibernation. She is made of fresh fertile Earth and is a host to all sorts of seeds, fungus, and flora that germinate on and inside of her body. When she emerges from her hibernation you never know what might be growing from her, or where it might sprout from. Once she had a lily growing right out of the top of her head! Silly Lily!




One of a kind, Hand sculpted polymer, wire armature, hand felted fabric, faux fur hair

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Su Quisiera aka SuQui (pronounced Sookie) -The Wind Fae

SuQui is one of the Elemental Faeries .  She is very peaceful in a powerful, strong and silent kind of way. If you hear her roar it's because she's either pissed off or partying! She is the singer of all of the elements. She whistles and howls, and whispers in our ears.

All of the other Elemental Faeries look to her for guidance. She moves them and sometimes stirs them up if that is what is needed. 

Next time you hear the wind singing, whispering in your ear, or blowing through your hair you can think of her.  Make a wish and blow her a few kisses, toss flowers in the air, and twirl around in her breeze. She loves when we do that!

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Final Patina on my Greenman Sculpt

Greenman patina moments after spraying with Ver-Day Patina

Final patina on my Greenman sculpture. Direct sculpt in polymer, patina achieved with Ver-Day paints and patina from Ten Seconds Studio

I still need to give it a dark patina to bring out the detail and then seal it.  I have decided to create a woven wire collar and turn this into an elaborate neckpiece.  More photos will be added later in the week.

Greenman and his Ver-Day Patina Progress

As promised here is the progress on the Greenman and his Ver-Day Patina progress.

Here is the back of the piece.  I textured it with a rubber stamp by Donna Kato.  If I choose to use this in a neck piece the texture will give a nice feeling against the skin.

This is the back of the Greenman while the patina and paint are still wet and just starting to develop.

This is the face just after applying the Ver-Day Patina Solution. 


And just moments later, while the Ver-Day paint and patina are still wet, the natural patina begins to develop right before my eyes!  I love this effect and I am so pleased with the detail it brings out in my Greenman!

Introducing The Greenman-WIP

I just recently received a set of Ver-Day Paints and Patinas from Ten Seconds Studio.  I am having the best time painting and patinating my polymer sculptures and wire work.  I have so many ideas running wild through my head I don't know how I will ever get them all done.

Here is my first Greenman ever.  I have wanted to create one for years and the thought of creating one with a verdi-gris patina gave me the final push I needed to just do it.


Here he is with his freshly sculpted leaves.  Yes, I hand sculpted each and every little leaf and every tiny vein by hand.  I am just crazy that way!  I spent an inordinant amount of time sculpting the leaves and then arranging them onto his head just right.

 

Here is my Greenman with his Ver-Day Copper Paint.  The paint has actual copper, metal particles in it so, when I spray it with the Ver-Day Patina solution it will develop a natural verdi-gris patina over the course of a few hours.  Once the patina has developed I will be back to share the final results.

Brisa- The Wind Gypsy (preview)

Wow, It's been a long time sing my last post. I'm going to get back on it. I just paid my TypePad bill and it wasn't cheap! Better get my money's worth out of it!

For starters, here is a sneak peek at my latest creation, Brisa- The Wind Gypsy.  Brisa is a traveler, she follows the whispers of the wind. They lead her to the sacred waters that will heal the world.

I know that this video is of poor quality. It is just a quick peek. I'll get better footage of her posted as soon as I find an assistant!

What's on my workbench???

I have been working on this guy all week.  I've had to take more breaks, eat more chocolate (dark of course), and drink more rum than you could possibly imagine!  This guy has been stressing me out!!!  He refused to give me his name or his story.  Possibly due to the fact that I gave him plastic eyes.  They are hollow and do not posses the life or soul of hand painted eyes.  Anyway, I came across some eyes and thought that I should put them to use.  Well, never again!  I have never known a creature to be able to hide it's entire identity and persona to me for so long.  I began to feel rejected.  My feelings of rejection caused me to retreat further into my anti-social reclusive ways.  My only companions were the rum and chocolate.  I gave him the silent treatment yesterday and apparently, it worked.  Today out of the blue he decided to tell me a bit of his story.  He is a garden gnome.  Not just any garden gnome mind you.  Oh no!  He is a royal garden gnome.  His clothing is made of the finest spider silk and golden lace and he wears a look of nobility on his gnomie little face.