This little figure is a woman who has recycled herself and gone back to the "wild". Had to have some fun after finishing the rooster.
She has a newspaper core, over a paper-and-wire armature. Her external finish is all brown paper cartonnage and acrylic paint. The spear is 7" long, made from dried flower stem, tin-can spear point, attached with a thin strip of brown paper.
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Janneke Neele
November 29, 2012 at 7:34AM
She looks great
Mark Patraw
November 30, 2012 at 4:02PM
Neat concept/execution. I really like the skin texture/paint, it almost looks like she's covered with stitched cuts - very rustic looking. Alas, if a person were to recycle themselves, as you've described, and try to live wild and free, like your figure, our wonderful society would probably have them committed, or at least jailed for indecent exposure.
I've used plant stems for shafts for spears, axes, halberds, etc. in the past as well. I don't know what kind of plants they are, but I found some growing near a fence near my home that have a woody texture that looked really authentic. They're far too big in diameter for the scale I work at now, but they worked beautifully back when I made larger figures.
Scylla Earls
November 30, 2012 at 7:07PM
Thank you, Janneke and Mark!
I hope to "animate" my studio with a small tribe of these women, doing different crafts. Mark's figures inspired me to try doing some small-scale work.
Erika Takacs
December 4, 2012 at 2:02PM
Scylla, I love your idea and how you bring it forward. The figure has a lot of character; my favourite part is her large feet, reminds me of Picasso's "primitive-classic" women. Love the new direction!
Scylla Earls
December 4, 2012 at 4:03PM
Thanks, Erika! She had to have big feet in order to run far enough to escape gender-bias! I was partly inspired by the fresco of the Minoan court ladies; they seem so proud of their individuality...no "Barbie" clones!
Marijo Blazevic
August 10, 2013 at 1:00PM
really great