I love zebra patterning, but what triggered something and set the thinking-wheels in motion was the tiny child on the zebra's back. A series of anthropomorphic animals! The first would be a zebra: here is the planning drawing and the head I made for it:
I made a cloth body with hip knee and shoulder joints - it needed to be as well-made as I could make it, as the doll would be unclothed and the fabric body would be on show, albeit with a striped livery that might disguise a few flaws! Here is the doll assembled before painting:
Then I went to town painting the stripes - that was fun! I used lots of zebra pictures as references and made a bit of it up as I went along. I cut a slit in the top and the back of the head to insert alternate pieces of black and white fur fabric for the mane......I never realized before that a zebra's mane follows the stripes in colouration.
I'm planning a fox next.
3 comments:
You're funny, Kate. I can't imagine what I would do if I won the lottery. Exactly what I wanted to, I suspect!
I love this new direction, Susie. Such a beautiful creature - a kind of example of the world at peace! It is said that great minds think alike. I wanted to try again the technique from the Canberra workshop, so I have a girl/fox head drying on my desk at the moment! It is ok - but not sure it will get to public photo stage! Thanks again for the workshop notes too - love the muslin over the clay effect.
Great, Wilma....glad you are having another crack at it. And I'd LOVE to see the results! I'm planning a bit of a series of these for an exhibition in Hobart at the end of the year.
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