Queen of Mean - Valentine Hag

I have to say that it's amazing to see a piece without paint and all it's glam and glitter. It goes from nothing to something with just a few dabs of paint. This is certainly the case here - my goodness!

This is my first real piece out of papier mache. I had to enlist the aid of veteran experts Laurie Hardin of Monkey-Cats Studio and David Everett of Chicken Lips for mixing and sculpting tips. Oh what a mess I made. It's way harder than it looks. It's gooky and sticky and dusty and just plain icky! So kudos to the talented duo! I will say this though, after I got going, it was rather fun in a challenging sort of way so maybe they'll be more to come. We'll see if I can master it.


So please meet the "Queen of Mean - a Valentine Hag". This lovely lady is for a Valentine swap with Rabbit Hallow Prims. Once she's painted and dressed in her finery, you can be sure I'll take an "after" picture to post. I can't wait to see her myself!

MORDRED VonFRANKENMACHER

As promised, Mordred finally makes her appearance! She likens herself to a Divine Sorceress, but she's really an old country, out-of-practice witch who bumbles spells so often, she had to write one on her heart shaped base to remember it.

Mordred is sculpted from paperclay, painted with acrylics, washes, and antiqued in a fine deep green. Her apparel is by Omar; a smock of stars on blue to match her hat. Her apron is embroidered on tea dyed Osnaberg and is well stocked with divining rods, spices, berries, and a rusty star wand. She carries her illuminatory in one hand, while the other clutches her broom. She's got knobby knees and bumpkin boots, and stands on a rustic black heart with her favorite spell: "Eye of newt, toe of frog, tail of rat, hair of dog, skin of snake, and lizard tongue, with this spell make me young!"

She's a hoot of a hag! I hope she gives you a giggle too!