STUDIO OF BONNIE JONES

Sweet Pumpkin Head

Here she is!! A very Sweet Pumpkin Head...I had fun with this one. She is sculpted from Premier Paper Clay with the exception of her hands and I sculpted them from Puppen Fimo.   I have no idea why I was having so much trouble with the paper clay while trying to sculpt the hands...after about 3 attempts, I threw all of them away and switched to the fimo.  Her skirt and neck ruffle are dyed silk gauze dipped into Paverpol to give them some body.  She has hand painted  jasper beads for her eyes and her base is sculpted from Apoxie Clay.  I may do some more of these for Halloween, but I think I will go back to the fimo. 

She can be purchased at my Etsy Shop

 

THIS AND THAT

This and That....My attention this past week has been all about taking care of my husband who has been in the hospital and was diagnosed with cholecystitis and finally had to have a cholecystectomy.  Unfortunately the laparoscopic surgery was not successful and an open cholecystectomy had to be performed which will take longer to recuperate.  The good news is....he is doing fine and it is good to be home.

And a little of this........

Yellow and Bronze pansies around the fountain brighten up a rather dull yard this time of year.

 

These yellow Johnny Jump-ups are on steps outside my studio door and smell so good.

 

And a little of that......

Here is a small 8" figure sculpted from paper clay I was working on when my husband became so sick.  She started out to be one thing and ended up being a sweet little pumpkin head....Lots more work to be done on her, but I think I like the way she is turning out...Maybe while he is recuperating I can take some time in the studio and finish her.

 

 

The Multi-tasking Kat

Here is a multi-tasking Kat, requested by a collector.  She wanted a Kat that could celebrate different holidays and here he is!!!     He has a Flag, Pumpkin, Candy Canes, Shamrock and Easter Eggs....for every day he has a fish.  I also made him a little box to hold his treasures when they are not in use.  The Kat and his accessories were all sculpted from paper clay and the Kat was crackled and antiqued to give him that warm patina seen in Folk Art pieces.  His treasure box was painted and crackled to match him...............