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WIP: Medusa Doll and Peacock

4315This is a doll I started…. let’s see right after I made my freak show doll, so that would be August-September 2005. The body all went according to plan but then I got stuck with the head. I wanted to have some really detailed and movable snakes for her hair and I bought all kinds of different thicknesses of wire to try and make it work….

I am pretty sure my intention was to enter it into the Classic Mythology Show  Depending on the prospectus, I might take a new direction with the head/hair and finish her in time enter her in the Creation Myths: An EBSQ Juried Artists Exhibit later this year.

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This one was started 02/2007 for the Wild Birds Show But I didn’t get very far before life, work and other projects became more important. I really have a fantastic vision for what I want this to become, I have all the proper fabrics collected, I even have many of the pieces cut-out. Each peacock feather eye is a 5 layer circle of different fabrics cut, ironed on and then sewn together. I had all these laying on my ironing board and an early Spring had me opening the windows. In a brisk breeze, all my small little circles (not yet attached to each other) blew all over the studio. This quickly discouraged anymore progress!

I have entered these both into the EBSQ WIP show… and also plan to put them at the top of my “want to finish” pile.

Step by step work in progress pet portrait

Step by step making a dog protrait for EBSQ Pet Swap.

Work in Progress…..
 Working with a photo to create a dog portrait

 step one making a pattern from the photo

 Next: adding bits of fabric to the background with the pattern

 a jump in time, with more fabric added

 getting close to done with the piecing part of the project, still to come quilting and embellishment

Selecting the background…
Plain Brown or tan simple background…
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OR Landscape style with blue on left

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OR portrait style with more blue on top
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Final Product
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