3.8.09

A mummy

Have been doing some What-iffing over the weekend -
and if that isn´t a very fine coincidence with # 155...













Starting with a pair of buttonhole-eyelets from a
shirt cuff (can´t resist them...) I thought:
What if I make a relief face - 1.5-D, sort of...


8 Kommentare:

jude hat gesagt…

oh, ha! just thinking about faces....this is grand!

ArtSparker hat gesagt…

Funny, I like the cat/bunny nose.

Clare Wassermann hat gesagt…

Oh yes a very cool mummy. Good luck with your revamped diaries xx

Threadspider hat gesagt…

Creative mummy binding-I love it.

Unknown hat gesagt…

from "mother" to "mummy" - quite a leap, though both invite story. i hope i can manage to actually leave a comment this time. being fluent only in english and southern, i just poke around till it takes. need to write down what works, but i always forget about doing that till i've tried several things then i've forgotten what i've tried. i mean, really, you'd think i'd learn eventually since i love visiting here . . .

Anonym hat gesagt…

this face is wow. i love the eyes, the lips and the earrings. your work is so beautiful.

Deb G hat gesagt…

I've looked at this a couple times and I still can't decide whether it looks like she's wearing sunglasses or if she's alien. Either way it's an inspiring face....

gerfiles hat gesagt…

Thank you all... - I´ve not made up my mind too whether she´s wearing glasses or ... (she does in bright daylight, but in the evening there is something alien about her...) - that´s the worrysome thing about making faces, they keep staring back at you (which is why I like making them, actually - it´s like inventing characters in writing, they crawl out of the pages + go on living with you...)