Appearances

She's born!
Caviara is born!

Now I get to play with her wig and costuming, which is a lot of fun! 

Currently I have 11 wigs so I thought to try them all on her and see which works best.

What do YOU think?  Which is your favorite?  Please tell me, write a comment and let me know which is your preference!


Overall I think she has a pretty face and it's to her credit that all the wigs look okay!

So, which is it?  Please comment on this post and tell me which Caviara is best!  And, yes, she has a fish skeleton as a belly button piercing!

Crowned!

Here is the crown!!! 

On each end I attached wire with a crystal shimmery purple bead then paper machéd over the paper maché base with blue tissue paper after inserting reddish purple wire through the 5 holes that the pins created, capturing a crystal bead on each wire.  Two slices of shell are also on the center wire.  Then I cut out a double layer of the organza fabric that shimmers red-blue.  The wires were fed through the fabric and again ended in a crystal bead.  Finally, while the glue was still wet on the base, I sprinkled very fine blue faery dust. 

Pretty neat, I think!

Catfish on the menu

So this is how far the catfish is now:  I spent a long time sewing the feet on and doing her claws, same variegated blue/purple as her hands.  Before the claws could be done, I had to wire the legs and feet, so she can stand on her own, and the claw stitches hold the wire in place to some degree (the wire is pretty stiff, it doesn't need much help).

Then I started in on the mermaid head piece experiment:  the base is paper maché with the pins making holes for where the fin-shaped fabric will be attached.  I've never done this before so I have no idea if it will work but I need something very light-weight to which all the seaweed, shells, etc... can be attached.  It's drying now...

 

She hasn't named herself yet but Salina has come to mind, as has Felidae, Catia and Calica.  Any suggestions?

In process...

I'm working on my calico catfish lady cat, here are her arms, and here is her head!  It took a while to get the face to look nice, the white gusset demanded that the brown chin line up PERFECTLY, so quite a bit of tweaking went on before it looked straight.

I'm excited to announce that I've been accepted to show at the Greater Toronto Doll Show in Oakville on April 28th, so I am busy sewing!  Hope you can make it there, it should be grand!