Thursday, March 6, 2008

Practically at the finish line

I put the hair on the mother figure, wired the baby figure onto her back, and took pictures! Unfortunately, I couldn't post them before heading out the door, but they'll be up tonight. Still a few more steps:

-- apply E6000 to the feet of the mother figure

-- wire mother figure's feet into the tree stump and forest floor

-- wire one of her hands to the stump

-- cover exposed foot and hand on stump

-- possibly add transfer and attach heart

-- coat with soft gel gloss and varnish

Hang in there with me!

EDIT: Okay, so this is what they look like from the front:
In west Africa, that's what you'll see when a mother is walking toward you: a woman with tiny feet sticking out from each side of her waist.The baby sling knotted on her chest:And the baby strapped to mommy's back:
If you think that's a lot of yarn for hair, you should've seen the mother before I gave her a haircut and tied up the rest.
I almost put the "branded on the heart" text somewhere else, but I realized how perfect it was on the sleeve.
I need to retake the sleeve detail pictures, but they'll do for now. 'Night.

6 comments:

kecia said...

these are gonna be cool. can't wait to see them finished! see you soon!

dawn said...

very nice!

(thanks for stopping by my blog, you blogging queen you.)

Laurel said...

That is looking awesome, Lisa. I just love the combined faces on the mother figure, and it seems you are becoming the master of all things burnt tape!

Tally O said...

Whoa woman! This is amazing! I love what you did with the faces and the words and the burnt tape and the fibers and the, and the, and the...

Lisa H said...

Whoa. I only WISH that I could see a woman like this walking toward me.

By the way, without the flattening iron? my hair looks exactly like this.

Bravo. She's beyond stunning and Powerful.

More..more...more?

The udda' Lisa (H.)

Mija said...

Hot Damn Lisa! This piece is freakin' Fantastic!!! do you tell her story on your blog anywhere? i want to know what she's all about. i can tell she has quite a story. Well Done gurlfriend!!

smiles,
Mija