CRAVEN...Crow+Raven!

Is it a CROW... or is it a RAVEN? I'm not quite sure! 

At this time... "craven" has a raven's beak but a crow's body mass.

Humble beginnings... recycled cotton insulation, paper towel tubing, 

a Styro-ball and some wire and masking tape.

a body and (big) beak emerges...

Paper clay talons and Osnaburg fabric 

for wrapping the toes and legs.

The best is yet to come... 

What a HOOT... a Year Later!

It's hard to believe... that I started working on this Snowy Owl

just over one year ago! (see the 1-1-2019 post)

I finished owl in time for the gallery show:

"Creatures Great & Small"

And although he didn't sell during the show, he did find

his forever home about a month later...

while resting in the gallery gift shop, there in Millville!

Oh... and here Owl is with "Dawg"

who also found his forever home (but during the gallery show)!

Em & Chad... (our Vermont kids) purchased him! XO XO

A Happy Ending... all the way around!

Happy New Year's Blessings... Daryle

Year's End... Where Have I Been?

My first gallery show was this past November-December...

"Seraphs, Ships & Olde Souls"

Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts

Incorporating some of my favorite Emily Dickinson poems...

My alchemy: 

paper clay, paper mach'e, hand-dyed papers, wood & metal

Long Snout Bear

Who doesn't enjoy a Happy Ending... (or new beginning!)

I just dropped this guy off yesterday afternoon

at the Scarecrow Factory, on South Broadway Avenue, in Pitman.  

About an hour later, the shop owner sent me a text saying Teddy 

found his new forever home!

He is made with German mohair, fully jointed

and then grunged and stained for that well-worn look.  

He is stuffed with wood wool and poly-fill... 

looking at the world through his black quartz eyes. 

Think Snow!

These two little "stubbies" are headed for the WINTRY MIX show

at Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts!

Both "Moonlight" & "Snow" are looking for a new home this winter!

And yes... we're expecting some snow this weekend in South Jersey!

Warm Wishes... Daryle

Stubbies… Awaiting Their Wings!

How about a little color, to lift our drear winter spirits?

Six little stubbies… (impatiently) waiting for their wings!

Happy Wednesday!  Daryle

Stubbies!

I'm hoping that several of my newest dolls will be

accepted in the "Wintry Mix" show that is scheduled to open 

later this month in the main gallery at the Riverfront Renaissance 

Center for the Arts...

das Kind des Winters... "winter's child"

The question is: What mischievous shenanigans will they get into?

Here's their story:

I started out with a simple body pattern with shortened arms and legs.

(hence: "stubbies!")

Pulled out some fun fabrics and vintage buttons.

Transferred some vintage photos to some fabric...

Sewn.. and ready to stuff!

Rusty wire wings with German text from a vintage book

and sprinkles of German Glass Glitter.

Just because...

Share the Joy! Daryle