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\Following Lithelimb was tough, but this Ent (As yet unnamed) Is created as part of a fairy tale that I was always fond of, see my elfwood gallery stained glass trees for reference. I have nothing much to say about him at this time, except that he is painted with three different types of nail polish.

One of my puppets. This is the Lady Isabella. Her head and hands are polymer clay, painted with acrylic paints, and her body is plush around a dowel rod core. Her costume is completely hand-sewn and decorated by me, her collar embroidered in gold thread, and her dress trimmed with gold glitter puff paint.

This picture shows lady Isabella with her counterpart, Sir Rodney. Sir Rodney is the first rod puppet I made. Considering that I had no information on rod puppets, and I was/am probably "reinventing the wheel", I think he looks quite good. He's stood up to four library shows, and was quite a hit.




A gift I made for my brother's graduation, however, (as seems to be the way with these things) the creature took so long to make that I didn't give it to him until November. Each scale is individually made and I'm rather fond of this fellows horns. I wish I could get a photo of a closeup of his controller. It's a Playstation II type controller and the buttons are to scale. I computer "drew" the wire, because the original clay wire was broken in the baking process. The "TV" is a plastic box convenient to the photo. (Video-gaming is my brother's favorite pasttime, and I tried to make this dragon fit him.) ONe of the biggest dragons to date.

I am delighted with this piece. This little white dragon took HOURS to make, but he was worth it. I think he's one of the best pieces I have ever done.