More Eco Art utilizing dried flowers

Date:   5/1/2019 1:26:49 AM ( 5 y ago)

When I was a kid, I loved cutting out paper dolls and their clothes. I was never interested in playing with them, I just liked to be creative and soon drew and cut out my own paper clothes for them. This kind of activity later included designing and sewing my own clothes for Barbie dolls. I made clothes for them until I was 14, long past the time most kids put the dolls away.





This paper doll started out as a photo in the Sunday April 28 2019 Los Angeles Times from the fashion section.** I thought the model's head mask so interesting that I cut out the photo. Since it was printed on newsprint, the photo was grainy and the colors washed out, so I enhanced it with paint pens and coated it with acrylic glaze*** to give it a sheen and protection. Pasted onto two layers--one paper, one cardboard, further strengthened the "doll" and gave her a stand. Dried bougainvillea flowers complete her. I call her "Not Your Typical Extraterrestrial":


Eco Art by mayah(2019" "Not Your Typical Extraterrestrial" Paper Doll
approximately 12" X 6"



Eco Art by mayah utilizes resused/recycled/earth-friendlier materials
whenever possible.


**Original photo: Fashion design from the Manish Arora fall/winter 2019 collection
(Photo credit: Yannis Vlamos / Pixelformula) published in the Los Angeles Times Sunday fashion section,
April 28, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-los-angeles-fashion-manish-arora-20190329-story.html


***AFM Safecoat AcriGlaze: https://www.afmsafecoat.com/products/clear-finishes/safecoat-acriglaze-gloss-and-matte


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Spring Flowers: https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2424180

EcoArt: Easter/Resurrection Festival https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2424028

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Cardboard Redux: https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2423605

Eco Art: Spring Equinox! https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2423102

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