If you've been following me all these years you know that I absolutely LOVE Halloween and all the wonderful creatures that can be made like witches, ghosts, goblins, Dracula, Frankenstein, jack-o-lanterns, bats, spiders and spider webs, skeletons, mummies, and so much more. There's so much for crafters to work with surrounding Halloween - what's not to love.
You can make all sorts of Halloween creatures out of cloth, wood, cloth and wood, paper, clay, needle-craft, etc. I love them all but have a fondness for witches.
Several years ago, when I was doing a little cleaning of my craft area, I found some 3/4" wood shelf sitter shapes that my husband had cut out for me a years before. I had intended to make a painted figure of some sort out of them.
Well, in looking at the wood I thought they might make perfect mixed media shelf sitter witches with paper-clay faces and collage outfits. So, I decided to make two of them, which are shown below.
Hildegarde Brie, who is pictured on the left, and her twin sister, Hildegarde Ann, who is pictured on the right, can hardly wait for Halloween. Not because they love scaring people. but because they're good witches and love handing candy out to all the trick-or-treaters. In fact, they're known in their neighborhood for having the best candy.
Both Hildegarde Ann and Hildegarde Brie are 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 3/4" mixed media shelf sitter wood dolls with painted paper-clay faces with black bead eyes, sponge painted wood bodies and paper collage embellished outfits. Their sides and back are sponge painted in their favorite Halloween colors and their outfits are embellished paper collages adorned with a jack-o-lanterns, clocks, bats, scary insects, raised dots and ribbon bows. Their gray thick alpaca yarn hair is from my sister's alpaca Masquerade's Rock Garden Alpacas fiber and is barely controlled under their witches hats. Masquerade's yarn is also wrapped around the band of their witches hats and adorns the brim of the underside of their witches hats.
Hazel, Hazlett, and Harem are a trio of witches are as ugly as they are confused. Halloween is coming up and they have lost their witches brew recipe. They've looked everywhere and cannot find it. Without it Halloween will just not be the same. Can you help them?
Hazel, pictured in the center above, Hazlett, pictured on the right, and Harem, pictured on the left, are 6" x 6" x 3/4" mixed media Victorian witch wood dolls with painted paper-clay faces with black bead eyes, red painted mouths, rosy blushed cheeks, black painted finger nails, sponge painted wood bodies, paper collage and embellished outfits. Their sides and back are sponge painted and their outfits are multi-layer embellished paper collages with black paper capes tied with ribbon bows under their necks. Their light gray curly alpaca yarn hair from Rock Garden Alpacas Fiber is barely controlled under their witches hats. Paper jack-o-lanterns with painted faces and swords and key steam-punk paper images add charm to their collage outfits.
It's almost time for the witches to come out and they can hardly wait.
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