The Raven

Working on a new piece.........In my head I know how I want her to look..but, as always, only she
knows how this will turn out...wish I had more control over these figures. I would like for her
to be the Raven Queen with lots of feathers....

Beware, Music on here

After much discussion on Face Book about music on blogs...I pulled my playlist from my other blog and put it on here.......so turn down your volumne if you don't want to hear it......I am keeping it cause I like it.  Thanks for visiting...just wanted to warn you while you are here what is going on.

Snow Angels

The Snow Angels and the Moon are all sculpted from paper clay over a strong armature.  I crackled the moon and the angels have German glass glitter all over them with glass baubles for their halos and wings.  The base has lots of mica and glass baubles on it.  This piece is sells for $150 including insurance and shipping..

Mister Pumpkin Head

Mr. Pumpkin Head is now finished and will run to STF on the 13th...He is 12" tall and dressed in black antique velvet and hand dyed silk gauze...If interested, e-mail me. He has found a new home and has been sold.

Finishing Mister Pumpkin Head

The final stage of finishing Mister Pumpkin Head.  Well, he did not want to be dressed the way I had him pictured.  I spend a day hand dying silk velvet a beautiful pumpkin color and he said NO WAY, it clashes with my head........soooooooo he is going to have a black velvet jump suit belted with a pumpkin color sash and a black silk ruffle around his neck AND he will have pumpkin color shoes..........

I have drapped fabric on him just to see if this will work and he approves........he has really given me a hard time when it comes to color. 

After taking pictures, I see I need to work on his eyes some more....but I think we just about have this piece conquered..............actually I really love this old guy.

Another WIP

Starting on another WIP...yep, a pumpkin head...they seem to invade my brain and will not go away. But, this one is different.  I have been making figures around 5",6" and 7" for my Halloween pieces and I decided to make a 12" figure which I have not done in quite awhile. I can see this one dressed in dyed velvet and silk and holding a wonderfully decorative walking cane....we shall see...as you know, they have a mind of their own and I never really know how they are going to turn out.  I am sculpting this one out of Creative paper clay over a very strong wire armature made stronger with an application of Apoxie Clay.   You can see his head in my convection oven drying.  I always use aluminum foil for the head armature instead of styrofoam so I can put it in the oven to dry.

He, is beginning to come together now...

My Blog

Please excuse the way this blog looks right now, I am hoping that it will be fixed soon by the person I paid to set it up for me.........if not, I will go in and fix it myself...not happy right now.

Witch Hazel

My new piece "Witch Hazel Make-do" is now complete and will arrive on Spooky Time Jingles on the 13th of May. She is sculpted from paper clay with a leather hat and corset. She has glass eyes and beautiful mohair for her hair.  The entire piece measures 14".  She sells for $135 including insurance and shipping. She has been sold.

Another WIP

Here is my Witch Make-do.  The sculpting is pretty much complete and I am now painting.  Have to decide how I am going to dress her.  Will she be all white or all black.....never bright colors....always monochromatic...I just cannot help it.

Meet Mr. Bird

Mr. Bird is now complete and has flown off to E-bay. http://tinyurl.com/2bh3f3d
He is only 6" tall, although the entire piece is 9".  I sculpted him from paper clay and then painted with acrylics.  As with all of  my work, he is One of a Kind (OOAK)
Mr. Bird just left for his new home.........I will Miss him.

WIP

A New WIP.  Here is a sneak peek of this "bird"......he is sculpted from air dry paper clay and still needs more work, sanding, etc.......more later.

Cheshire Cat with Rabbit and Alice

I am very late in posting the completed Cheshire Cat.  He ran over to Spooky Time Jingles and a wonderful collector snapped him up and gave him a fabulous home....but, here is a picture of
him all sanded and painted and looking good.  Check back later, I am working on a black and white piece for EHAG......excited about this one...will put some wip pictures up soon.

Pumpkin Head Candy Container on Ebay

Just list my Pumpkin Head Candy Container on E-bay as a "Buy it Now".   The Auction is over:  Poor thing, no body wanted him.  Well,
we will just put him to one side and redo him or hold over till Halloween....

WIP on Kat

I think I am going to finish this piece for STJ!!  I need to do some sanding and then paint.

Kat and "friends" for STJ

I am trying to finish this Kat and his "friends" for STJ by the 10th....not sure I  am going to make it.  I had arthroscopic surgery on my left knee on the 19th and am going to Physical therapy three times a week.  Have not had the desire to do much sculpting because of the pain; but,things are looking up.  Here is this kat...is he the Cheshire Kat holding Alice and the Rabbit??????

Halloween Pumpkin Head

Meet Mr. Dooney, a Pumpkin Head and #7 in the series "Mushroom Holiday Forest People".
He is on E-bay and will be there until April 10th.  Run by and check him out.
http://tinyurl.com/yjzw8ur

Pumpkin Head Rabbit

The Pumpkin Head Rabbit can be found on E-bay  until March 28th. http://tinyurl.com/yh98xz6
He is #2 in the series "Pumpkin heads in Wonderland".  The Mad Hatter was #1...I think Alice will be next.
This #2 Rabbit is on the way to his new home.

Fairy Bell and Baby

I have finally finished the new Fairy and her baby.  The Fairy is 9" and sculpted from rose puppen fimo over a strong armature. She is dressed in lightly dyed green silk gauze. She has a head dress of beautiful iridescent beads and has a real bell hanging from her neck on a gold chain.  The baby is also sculpted from puppen fimo and dressed in dyed silk gauze with tiny beads on her head.  The mushroom is also sculpted from puppen fimo.  The faerie's beautiful wings of fantasy film on gold wire was created by a seller on E-bay by the name of "immortal1880".

This piece is now on Ebay and can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/yjxkoa9
I will work with customers who require a lay-a-way plan and will accept payment through  paypal and personal checks.  If interested, e-mail me at:  bonniej@cableone.net.  Fairy Bell has flown to her new home.

A New Fairy

Since I started back making Halloween pieces, I have let my faeries and mermaids sit on the back burner.  Here is a fairy that I have never finished and plan to do so very soon. She is looking down at a baby on a mushroom...... The entire piece is sculpted from puppen fimo.

Skinny Witch

Here she is all finished and I am very pleased the way she turned out.  I think I will call these pieces "the skinnies".   She is 9.5" tall and the base is 3" long and 1.5" wide.  I painted her with acrylics and then sealed her with a matte varnish. 

Agnes will sale for $95 including shipping and insurance in the U.S. She is for sale at Spooky Time Jingles...http://www.spookytimejingles.com/.  The Skinny Witch has found a new home and is on her way....

WIP of a Skinny Witch

I have been playing in the studio and came up with a "skinny" figure sculpted from Prosculpt.  I still had some Prosculpt which I stopped using several years ago when I started using Puppen Fimo which is more flexible and harder when fired. And at the time I was getting moonies (little white moons in the clay when fired).  For some reason, I did not get the first moonie when sculpting this figure and had forgotten how easy this clay is to blend and hold its shape while sculpting. I am afraid I did not take many pictures while creating this piece...I have got to learn to pick up the camera while working on WIP.

The base is apoxie clay over aluminum foil with some texture pressed into the clay. The wire armature was wrapped with foil and then floral tape so the clay will stick.

And here she is ready to be painted.

Pumpkin Candy Container

This Candy Container is a wooden box painted with multiple layers of paint with halloween bats and spiders stamped in black all around it. On top is a Pumpkin Head sculpted from paper clay, painted with acrylics and sealed with matte varnish. She has a little glass glitter on top for sparkle.
I have included with the container a matching ornament also sculpted from paper clay.

The Container is 8" high with a diameter of 4". The ornament is 5" from the top of his head to the bottom of the hanging beads.

These are One of a Kind pieces. The price for both of these pieces is $65.00 which includes shipping and insurance in the United States.  They are for sale on http://www.spookytimejingles.com/.  Go check it out, I also have a Santa Sale on that website.

Works in Progress, WIP

Welcome to my new blog.  This blog will showcase works in progress and figures that are for sale.
Here are some pictures of a work in progress while creating a Pumpkin Candy container and a Pumpkin Head Rabbit, #2 in the series "Pumpkin Heads in Wonderland".

Here is the wire armature wrapped in flora tape for the Pumpkin Head Rabbit

The Rabbit with added paper clay and the pumpkin for the candy container

Waiting to be painted

The Rabbits head and hands sculpted from puppen fimo waiting to be fired.

Here they are in my portable convection oven in the studio

The coat tail was sculpted from apoxie clay and needed support with foil while drying. I then covered it with paper clay to blend in with the rest of the sculpt.  The hands and head have been added to the body.

Early stages of Construction

This blog is still in the early stages of construction. I will use this blog to introduce collectors to my One of a Kind (OOAK) sculptures that will be available for sale. Christmas and Halloween and other Holiday sculptures will be shown here. In the meantime, you can browse my other blog
"Studio of Bonnie Jones" http://bonniejones.typepad.com