I’ve been watching Jolene create her fabric finches for months now, I suppose it was inevitable that I would end up taking some inspiration from them and feeding it into what I’m doing myself … indeed, Jolene alluded to as much here. The WIP previews she gave there though have long since been finished, and discarded on the basis that they were, well, rubbish!
I’m rather proud of the these ones though, the refined and finished product if you will. Being me, they’re predominantly papier mache with a bit of wire and armature thrown in for good measure before being finished in acrylics and a tough high gloss varnish.
The design is based on some rather fabulous silk that Jolene bought from a seller in India for another project that she’s working on, also from discussions with Jolene about Paisley pattern – a very simplified tear drop has been adopted for the wings here – and I’ve also been listening to some Deva Premal which has no doubt fed in to the general feel of the pieces … although I’ve no idea where she’s from!?!
OK, google sorted out the latter one there … she’s from Germany and wiki says:
is a musician known for her meditative spiritual New Age music, which puts ancient Hindu mantras into atmospheric, contemporary settings.
Am I becoming an old hippy? Actually never-mind, people were accusing me of being an old hippy before I was even 20 … actually I think the term they used was “weirdo”!!
These Bonnie Birds are available to purchase in out Coriandr shop.
Tags: abstract, art, bird, blue, craft, handmade, mache, mash, ornament, paper, papier, sculpture
…yeah…i’ve been accused of being something similar…”flower child” of the eighties…what ever that means…anyway, i’m feeling a bit foolish because i now…and i do mean JUST now have realized that you are two…all this time (and all previous comments) i always thought i was talking to Jolene…but alas…i’ve got it all figured out now…fogive me if i’ve misnamed you in my comments here.
beautiful birds!! and i can see that jolene would be a huge inspiration. :)
lol, I’m almost tempted to put on my hippy hat and say something like, “we are two … but we are one” ;^)
Jolene generally focuses on items made with needle and thread whilst I tend to work with wood and papier mache. Having said that though we have both been known to foray into each others areas and try our hands at a variety of other bits and bobs.
aw thanks Kristen…you are a huge inspiration to me. It’s all circles and cycles.