Mother's Day 2015 - rough

I've hit a rough patch in my sculpture. I'm still on step one- the little girl swimming happily though... wait i can't tell you! That would ruin the surprize. 

This piece is now due at the end of March. I am looking for a new coating, perhaps?, to make her smooth and paintable. Right now the paper pulp makes the surface too bumpy. And yes, i have to rework the face. Again.

Then on to the rest of the kinetic sculpture- armature, literary references, etc, etc,etc. I'll keep working on it & keep you up to date.

crafting 4 my valentine

Not sure if it counts as ART but this is what I made earlier this week. 

Decoupaged an old box & filled it with Haiku love poems I'd written just for him. Simple craft & silly love but that's what this "holiday" is all about right?