Vasilisa getting dressed...

March 3, 2009 Forest Rogers

Vasilisa, underway...

February 23, 2009 Forest Rogers

Baba Yaga with Chin Hairs

February 23, 2009 Forest Rogers

One cannot have too many. I'll get a better shot of them later, but for the moment:
That's Vasilisa underway you see in the background. More of her soon...

To You, from Baba Yaga

February 14, 2009 Forest Rogers

Joanna Thomas faun child:

January 21, 2009 Forest Rogers

I see that a lovely little Faun by one of my favorite artists, Joanna Thomas, is available on eBay just now... to take a look, click on the image below:

Refuge...

January 12, 2007 Forest Rogers

My earliest 'art doll" effort, details below...

Celebrating the Crone...

January 12, 2007 Forest Rogers

This is the face of my first “art doll,” circa 1999. She was inspired by an image of a Kosovar refugee -- not a precise likeness, but an echo of an unforgettable face. This doll now dwells in Tel Aviv.

Technical note: her head, arms and legs were sculpted in Classic Fimo. Her eyes are sculpted in situ and painted, then given a high gloss with an acrylic varnish. I used acrylics to tone her skin and accentuate her wrinkles. Her body was in Creative Paperclay (see my source list at right - oops! at LEFT). Seated, she measured about 13 inches (the above image being greatly enlarged). Below, her feet: