Sharing a little of my life and how my imagination takes shape into art dolls.
QUOTE
"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way-things I had no words for." ~Georgia O'Keeffe
Tuesday, December 06, 2016
Struggling
I have this doll in the works and I am struggling with her. Sometimes you just can't get things right. So I have to redo the head. Hope I can finish her before Christmas 😀
I can’t offer any practical help Shashi, but I can say the left-hand side of her face (as I look at the screen) is beautiful. I’m sure you will get her just right soon and she will be just as gorgeous as all your other dolls. I look forward to seeing her in all her glory.
I loved the comment you left on my blog today (thank you). Your mention of the sarees your mum wore to parties sparked a memory. Back in the 1960s I worked for a clothing manufacturer in the East End of London, during lunch breaks the girls I worked with introduced me to the sights and sounds of London. Being a country girl it was all new and exciting to me but one of my enduring memories is of the amazing sarees available in some of the shops. I had no experience at all of any culture other than my own, so I was amazed by the exotic colours and wonderful materials.
I don’t think there was anything you couldn’t buy Shashi the areas around Spitalfields and Brick Lane were a veritable Aladdin’s Cave. Of course, this would have been towards the end of the 60s going into the 70s. It was an exciting time for a girl born and raised on a farm – no wonder my parents were worried for me. :-)
I can’t offer any practical help Shashi, but I can say the left-hand side of her face (as I look at the screen) is beautiful. I’m sure you will get her just right soon and she will be just as gorgeous as all your other dolls. I look forward to seeing her in all her glory.
ReplyDeleteI loved the comment you left on my blog today (thank you). Your mention of the sarees your mum wore to parties sparked a memory. Back in the 1960s I worked for a clothing manufacturer in the East End of London, during lunch breaks the girls I worked with introduced me to the sights and sounds of London. Being a country girl it was all new and exciting to me but one of my enduring memories is of the amazing sarees available in some of the shops. I had no experience at all of any culture other than my own, so I was amazed by the exotic colours and wonderful materials.
Oh did they sell sarees back then? That is amazing I did not know that.
DeleteI don’t think there was anything you couldn’t buy Shashi the areas around Spitalfields and Brick Lane were a veritable Aladdin’s Cave. Of course, this would have been towards the end of the 60s going into the 70s. It was an exciting time for a girl born and raised on a farm – no wonder my parents were worried for me. :-)
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean Shashi. Sometimes a doll doesn't want to co-operate :)
ReplyDeleteI am redoing the head but I think even that is not working out great😀
ReplyDeleteyou have time left to finish, early in the month still. you can do it :)
ReplyDeleteI will be travelling a bit again so if I am lucky I will get a chance to finish it while I am travelling 😄
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