Saturday, October 08, 2011

Iowa Retreat Doll

The Iowa Retreat with Sherry Goshon and Jean Bernard was wonderful again this year. Our project, a gourd doll, was an incredible learning session, full of new techniques and ideas.

The base of the doll is the gourd we colored. In addition, my doll has a "scrying bowl" made of the very top portion of the gourd. I knew what I wanted to do with it, but Jean is the one that figured the way to achieve what I wanted - actually, she achieved WAY more than what I thought possible.

The resin faces we used were provided; Jean's "Scarlett" mold was used to make the faces. The body, arms, and neck are sewn, gessoed, and decorated. I'm showing both outdoor and light cube photos, because the coloring of the outdoor photo - though more accurate - has distracting things going on in the background! The facial coloring doesn't contrast quite as much as it appears in the light cube photo.



8 comments:

Shashi Nayagam said...

Did you have to make the bird as well?

Fran said...

Beautiful doll. I know you had lots of fun in Jean & Sherry's class.

Rhissanna said...

I love her serene face and those feathers. She looks like she was a lot of fun to make.

ct said...

Oh she is just lovely - the colors, textures and details are wonderful

Mary said...

Oh Sue, she is just beautiful!

Sue said...

Shashi, no, I bought the bird in a bin at Michael's Crafts but spruced it up with a bit of Pearl Ex and sealer.

It truly was a lovely, calm class. I've loved every class I've taken with the fantastic Bernard/Goshon duo.

ruthanne said...

Sue, she is lovely. You worked very hard after getting home! I have redone my body and about to embellish.

hoppa said...

Wow Sue she is gorgeous sure have seen you grow and love the bowl. You should be proud of yourself girl!