Goddess Headgear Part 3

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From an Opera Ad



This black and white nude woman,Goddess figurine was found by archeologists
Album cover







This is the last of the Goddess Headgear,the rest of the pic`s are either of the "big hair" or "imperious posture/expression" variety and not so directly about imbuing "power" on the wearer.
Bit suprised there were not more pop/rock stars.I must have been looking in the wrong places,i`m sure Lady Gaga aught to be here.No doubt i will hit a rich vein of pictures now i`ve stopped.

The Knitting;

http://en.dawanda.com/product/11848954-White-Rabbit-Doll-with-Pink-Dress
Multi-coloured Clown Doll
Red Haired Blue Dressed Doll
Lovely Lilac Dressed Doll
Red Dressed Doll


Not really sure how best to advertise all my mothers knitting...Going along with my new motto;"any place you can add a link is a good place to add a link"

Anyway The Knitting has arrived,there is a lot more of it to come;bootees,knitted animals,more and more hats,dolls,tea cosys[wtf?]and hopefully at some point some of it will sell[?]

New COLOURFUL Bracelets and Earrings for sale...

New Bracelets for sale on Dawanda
Silver rainbows bracelet

Rainbow bitten beads bracelet
Dark chocolate reversed rainbow bitten beads bracelet
Rainbow Hearts Bracelet
New Earrings for sale on DAWANDA

Strawberry suprise dark chocolate mice;http://en.dawanda.com/product/11100538-Strawberry-Suprise-Dark-Chocolate-Mice-Earrings



Sliced Rainbow Chocolate earrings;http://en.dawanda.com/product/11100158-Rainbow-Nut-Chocolate-Earrings



Golden sunset chocolate earrings;
http://en.dawanda.com/product/11099726-Golden-Sunset-Bitten-Bead-Earrings


Rainbow Roll Earrings;http://en.dawanda.com/product/11099174-Rainbow-Roll-Chocolate-Slice-Earrings




New things for sale at "Little You"Halifax Piece Hall;
-Ten bitten bead rainbow bracelets
-Primary colours selection of earrings
-Reversed rainbow chocolate bitten bead bracelets.I think 'dark chocolate encased rainbows/bitten beads bracelet' might be a better name for these,still about six words too many.

Goddess Headgear Part 2

This is a sketch of " Miss Terrifica"Who is/was crimefighting superhero/man in drag.He looked great though.





Had to pick bits of plaster off this to scan it,bit of a mess.
I love this glass/crystal umberella,and if it got caught in the wind it could probably kill the person behind you

Goddess Headgear Part 1

Contents of scrapbook loosely titled"Goddess Headgear."The only rule to get into the scrapbook is that whatever is adorning the wearer`s[female] head [or in the region of] has to say "power."And so ideally be fitting headwear for a Goddess.

Some of the pic`s might seem a bit wide of the mark,unintentionally hilarious,the fancy dress Amazon,above, for example,not a good place to start.But i saw something inspiring when i glued it in and i stand by that,whatever it was.

I have been thinking of making headwear again for my online shop,but attatching things to headbands till they look gloriously insane is easy and getting them to stay on your head[so you can sell them]is not.

However i am filled with baseless optimism at the brilliant prospect of perhaps creating something maybe someday that,you never know,doesn`t fall off my head when i look down.

Any Old Iron...Wringer/Mangle.

Acme Wringer/mangle for sale on ebay.I had hoped it might convert into a printing press but the rollers are too old,no longer flat.It creased some oddly pretty creases into pretty much every bit of paper i fed through it.It is too large a bit of equipment to have hanging around as a 'paper creaser';http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ACME-Wringer-Mangle-Old-Fashioned-clothes-ringer-dryer-/230484359713?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Laundry&hash=item35a9f03a21

I was going to put the fry`s chocolate sign on Ebay too,found it in the cellar when i moved in into this house.Looking at the pictures of it i have become too fond of it again to want to figure out the postage and packaging.

Paper Mache/Composite Recipe

I have not made any of this in ages so hopefully if i blog it i will not loose it.This Paper Mache is called "Composite" because is not just paper and glue,when it has dried it is very solid,a bit like wood,can be sanded and is fairly tough.

You Need;

Ingrediants-
-4 Double Broadsheet pages
or
-8 Double tabloid pages

-Two heaped tablespoon of Whiting
-Two tablespoons of white PVA glue
-One tablespoon of Linseed Oil
-Two drops of clove Oil*
-Two tablespoon of wall paper paste

*In the original recipe,it said "Wintergreen Oil"which i could only find for sale online from the US,clove oil was another option,i think it`s use is to slow it`s going mouldy if you store it in the fridge for awhile.

Utensils-
-Latex gloves
-Baking Bowl
-Large pans,2 if possible
-Whisk
-plastic bags with ties,if you are going to store it.
-Old Sieve.Large and not used for anything else.
-Watertight Bowls/Buckets/plastic storage boxes,for soaking shredded paper in.

1.Take the newspaper and shred or rip it up.Leave it soaking in water overnight.Leave it soaking in something you do not really need spotlessly clean for anything else because the ink comes off and sticks to the sides.
Does not really matter if you leave it soaking longer as long as it does not dry out.

2.The original recipe said boil the soaked paper for 20 mins,i don`t think that was long enough.I boil it till i see it has dissolved sufficiently to only need minimal whisking.Use pans you DO NOT NEED AT ALL.The print ink will really stick to/ruin them.I use two large old pans.Make sure they are as full of water as possible when boiling and top up when necessary.If you let it boil dry you end up with a paper cast of the inside of your pan!

3.Whisk the pulp to as fine a grain as possible and pour into a seive.The whisk is better a whisk you do not use for anything else too,as with everything ,the ink really clings to it.Placing the sieve in the bottom of the sink as the water may still be hot.

4.Leave the pulp to cool in the sieve.

5.Wearing plastic gloves ,give the pulp a prod to see if it cool enough to handle.If it is squeeze the bulk of the water out but do squeeze until all the moisture has come out,do not squeeze dry.The pulp needs to retain moisture to be mixable with other ingrediants and pliable/workable when modelling.

6.Transfer the moist pulp into a large baking bowl and add all the ingrediants except the wallpaper paste.Mixing thouroughly with your hands[keep the gloves on!]is best.Add the wall paper paste last.

7.At the mixing stage if you do not want to use your paper mache straight away it is best to have little plastic bags ready, 4 is a good bet and 4 ties/clips.Seal the bags.They will store in the fridge for three weeks.Definatley No longer,when it goes off it really goes off [stinks!]for some reason.The usual odour is not unpleasant but there is an odour so they are best stored seperately from food.


The witches are paper mache but the dripping effect is Gesso,made with Whiting and rabbit glue.The paper mache can be sanded but you get a fuzzy felt finish.Gesso can be sanded to a much finer finish.

Bitten Bead Rainbow Jewellery Available

All these fabulous "Bitten Bead"jewellery items are available to buy at "Little You"in the Piece Hall Halifax.

A variety of colourful earrings,necklaces-available in two lengths and elasticated bracelets.

Hope to have a variety of bitten bead items available online soon,currently i have a pair of delightful orange bitten bead earrings and a bitten bead necklace,check out my DAWANDA shop!