A while ago after I made these brushes it was decided on the deMeng workshop junkies FaceBook page that we would make Voodoo dolls based around a paintbrush!
I have been working on mine on and off since then and finally got it finished today. I will admit to getting bored with things if they hang around for too long so it was time this was done with so I can move onto the next thing.
It started life as a dolls body minus arms and legs and a face moulded onto it and a paintbrush that I dipped into gesso and let dry
Here is my finished piece hanging on the edge of my fridge......it was really hard to get a good pic of the whole thing!
I don't know an awful lot about Voodoo apart from it's practiced mainly in Haiti and the old thing about a doll that you stick pins into so my doll is only vaguely Voodoo-ish!
Rusty screws represent the pins used to stick into the dolls
Rusty wire and pearls threaded through a washer over the arm holes to create the hanger
10 comments:
Very symbolic and gruesomely fascinating!!
brilliant Sue.... you surely make some awesome, gruesome & magical items. xxx
Very macabre indeed, but brilliant too !!
Wow, this is freakishly awesome!
that is gruesomely fab Sue. will you wear it???
Stunningly spooky!
Fab, Fab, Fab, never know what you're gonna come up with next.
This is really amazing, Sue! Love it!
Ohhh Yes!!!!!
Totally awesome, love it!
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