the work in progress step 2

Excuse me for this messy picture - I just wanted to cache the graceful body of this lady before covering it with the dress.

The Winter Day Muse

Do you know those winter days, when it's so cold that it seems your fingers and nose will turn into peaces of ice, and at the same time it’s so sunny and the snow shines so brightly and everything around looks so beautiful and mysterious, that you just do not want to go to the house?

These are the days that inspired me to create this girl.

37 cm, air-dry clay, steel wire, hundreds of silver coated and glass micro beads.

This is the doll I’ve made some time ago for a virtual exhibition: http://kukly.ru/virtual11/galery.php

The idea of this exhibition was to hide names of the contestants and then to try to guess who has made which doll. I have to admit, that mine was easy to guess :)

and here are more pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/handmadebjd/sets/72157623244116064/detail/

year 2010

It suddenly got quiet. The noise and rush and crowds and million colors of fireworks have suddenly disappeared – The New Year became simply a year 2010 and daily life came back to its way.

I have to admit it was a lot of fun to meet friends and family, to exchange news and presents, to be together and to enjoy each other’s company. I also have to admit, that now it feels so good to be back in my studio, sitting at my working table, listing sketches and crafting. :)