I WAS REMINDED BY MY PHOTOGRAPHERS WIFE JAMES DEE, THAT I HAD CREATED A SERIES OF SOFT BODY, CERAMIC FACED DOLL BACK IN THE 80'S THAT I TITLED THE COUNTRY COUSIN DOLLS.... THIS WAS A STUDY OF THE RURAL FEMALE NATURAL HEALERS IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THIS DOLL IS INSPIRED BY THE MOJO HEALING WORKERS IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY WORK MOSTLY BY SPOKEN WORDS, PRAYERS, CONVERSATION, STORIES, HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS AND INSPIRING OTHERS BY LIVING THE EXAMPLE.
THIS DOLL WEARS A STRAW HAT, WITH ARTIFICIAL VELVET MINITURE FLOWERS, WITH A GRAPEVINE TWIG IN THE HAT. HER DRESS IS ADORNED WITH COWRY SHELLS AND SILVER BELLS AND BUTTONS. HER GARMENT IS HAND STITCHED PATCHWORKED, WITH BUFFALO FUR ON HER SHOULDERS.
HER BODY IS DESIGNED AND HAND STITCHED BY ME AND PAINTED WITH ACRYLIC PAINT. HER HAND PAINTED FACE OF TERRACOTA CLAY WAS MADE FROM A MOLD DESIGNED & CREATED BY ME.
THE CONJURE WOMAN DOLL, RURAL HEALING ARTIST, MASTER OF THE ART OF CONJURING THING AND SITUATIONS.
THIS IS THE FIRST DOLL THAT I CROCHET A HAT FOR, EVERYTHING ELSE IS HAND SEWN, I REALLY LIKE HAND MAKING THING. IT'S LIKE PUTTING A PART OF MYSELF IN WHAT EVER I CREAT.
THE HOODOO WOMAN DOLL, THE ROOTS WORKER, HEALING ARTIST, MASTER OF HERBS, POTIONS, LOTIONS AND ENCHANTRESS.
I THING THIS WAS MY VERY FIRST DOLL OF THIS SERIES THAT I MAKE, I THINK IT WAS AROUND 1984 OR SOME WHERE AROUND THERE,
THIS IS PRUDENCE GILL, A ARTS DEPARTMENT HEAD AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, PURCHASING REFRESHMENTS FOR THE OPENING OF A BRILLIANT CAMPUS EXHIBIT.
PRUDENCE WAS PURCHASING GENETICALLY ALTERED FOODS FOR THE REFRESHMENTS, THIS WAS A NEW CONCEPT TO ME, I HAD NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF GENETICALLY ALTERED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ARE IN THE GROCERY STORES THAT WE SHOP IN.
THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME TASTING THESE ITEMS.... THIS EXHIBIT WAS REALLY EDUCATIONAL TO ME IN THAT WAY.
THE BRILLIANT AND TALENTED OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT EATING THEIR FRESH GENETICALLY ALTERED FRUITS & VEGETABLES.
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PRUDENCE GILL'S ART CLASS FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, VISITING THE EXHIBIT, (RE) POSSESSED AT THE KING ARTS COMPLEX.
THIS IS THE DUEL ANGEL RESCUE DEINSTALLATION SQUAD, FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, HELPING OR RATHER SAFELY WRAPPING AND PACKING THE CRYSTAL CHANDELIER FROM THE EXHIBIT THAT WAS DESIGNED BY DORIAN WEBB.
THEY HAD TO RECYLE THE BUBBLE WRAP THAT THE CHANDELIERS ARRIVED IN, SO THAT THEY COULD RE-WRAP AND RE-TAPE THE CHANDELIERS FOR SHIPMENT BY TO NEW YORK.
THESE LADIES WERE HEAVEN SENT... I LOVED THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LIFE, WORK, THE ARTS AND CAREER DIRECTION THAT WAS GOING ON DURING THE DEINSTALLATION.
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY DYNAMIC DUEL CRYSTAL CHANDELIER PACKING, PEARL WEARING, MIGHTY MUSCLES, PROBLEM SOLVING, CHEER LEADINGS GLASS ARTIST:
BETHANY HAESELER: GLASS ARTIST, MFA STUDENT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
KAMI MEIGHAN: GLASS TEACHER & ACADEMIC COUNCELOR AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
THANKS YOU SO VERY MUCH LADY'S, I REALLY ENJOYED YOUR PRESENCE AND YOUR EFFORT, YOU HELP MAKE A HARD JOB REAL EASY... STAY IN TOUCH. AND FOREVER BONDED IN THE ARTS.
MUCH GRATITUDE XENOBIA
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