This project was on my mind all summer but I finally finished her! When I look at the finished piece, I can't believe I actually created it. It started with an antique brass match holder from Sweden I found at a junk store. It took me a year (not kidding) to decide which side to use. They're both fantastic! I had the head of a blinking doll that I had removed the hair from in my junk bin and one day I saw the two pieces together and had an a-ha moment. I started researching Aztec gods and goddesses and discovered Chalchiuhtlicue. As I learned about her being the 'lady of the jade skirts,' I decided to eventually add some jade tones. Playing around with other pieces from the junk bin, I settled on a skeletal torso and skeleton hands to crown the piece. I rusted them and dry brushed them in white, a golden yellow, and a lightened thalo green. The piece cried out for colorful flowers so I colored Tim Holt's Heirloom Roses in alcohol ink shades...
Dark fiction writer and all-around crafty girl