FIBER ARTIST XENOBIA BAILEY'S "PARADISE FAITH MISSION'S" HOMESTEADING EARTHY-ECO-CHIC WEDDING CAKE ADORNMENT

GREETINGS EVERYONE... HAPPY SPRING, I AM SO VERY SORRY FOR THE LONG BREAK FROM THE BLOG... I HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD LATELY,... HARDER THAN USUAL,... CREATING PROJECTS TO KEEP "THE PARADISE PAITH MISSION" FLYING HIGH...

MY LATEST PROJECT IS JUST IN TIME FOR ALL THE JUNE WEDDING.

SO... WHAT I AM ADDING TO THE "PARADISE FAITH MISSIONS" IN THE AESTHETIC OF FUNK IS A NEW SERVICE AND PRODUCTS IN THE FORM OF A WEDDING CEREMONY...

THIS WEDDING IS CALLED THE EARTHY-ECO-FUNKY-CHIC WEDDING CAKE FLORAL ADORNMENT & FLORAL ACCESSORIES. THIS IS GOING TO BE A WEDDING FLORAL ARANGEMENT MADE OUT OF NEWSPAPER ROSES.

I GOT A LITTLE CARRIED AWAY WHILE I WAS MAKING THIS FLORAL WEDDING CAKE ADORNMENT. I AM GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER OPTION FOR THE WEDDING CAKE TOP WITH A SINGLE ROSE WITHOUT THE LONG STEM AND THE PLANT POT.

I REALLY LIKE ALL OF THIS POTTED SINGLE ROSE WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT IT BUT WHEN I CREATED IT, I SAID TO MYSELF, "I THINK I'M GOING TO BE THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD THAT LIKES THIS.

I REALLY SAW ANOTHER POSSIBILITY WHEN I STARTED PHOTOGRAPHING TODAY. I SAW WHAT THE CAKE COULD LOOK LIKE WITHOUT THE POT AND LONG STEM ON THE ROSE.

I PHOTOGRAPHED THE ADORNMENT IN LAYERS SO A BRIDE COULD HAVE CHOICES AS FAR AS ARRANGEMENTS OF THE LAYERS.

THIS BOTTOM LAYER CAN BE MADE IN SEVERAL SIZES. I AM GOIMG TO MAKE THE BRIDE BOUQUET, THE CORSAGE FOR THE MOTHER OF THE BRIDE & THE MOTHER OF THE GROOM, SMALL TABLE ADORNMENT, A ADORNED BROOM. AND BOUTONNIERES FOR THE GROOM AND BEST MAN.

THIS WEDDING FLORAL ARANGEMENT IS FOR THAT VERY SPECIAL COUPLE/FAMILYS THAT ARE CELEBRATING A UNION FOR THE "LOVE OF LIFE" AND EACH OTHER.

I WILL HAVE THE OTHER ITIEMS POSTED IN A FEW DAYS... I JUST WANTED TO GIVE EVERYONE A QUICK PEAK AT MY NOTES AND PROGRESS WITH THE WEDDING RECONSTRUCTION.

MORE STUFF COMING SOON.

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THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CO-FOUNDER MARIE BASSE WILES & CO-FOUNDER OLUKOSE WILES FOR YET ANOTHER SURE-FIRE AFRICAN DANCE EXPERIENCE,www.maimounakeita.com

ONCE AGAIN THE SUPER-NATURALS CAME OUT FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO DANCE UP A STORM.

I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET ALL OF THE DANCING STARS BECAUSE I WAS PHOTOGRAPHING BETWEEN CLASSES AND FOLKS CHANGING THEIR CLOTHS.

A VIEW OF ZERO-WASTE, ECO-ART-WORKS-IN-PROGRESS PROJECT, RECYCLED CARDBOARD BOX PUPPET THEATER BY FIBER ARTIST XENOBIA BAILEY

THIS IS MY LATEST ZERO-WASTE GOAL, RECYCLED PROJECT... THIS IS A PUPPET THEATER STAGE MADE OUT OF A CARDBOARD BOX THAT I GOT FROM COSCO, NEWSPAPER AND CARDBOARD EGG CARTON.
I AM STILL WORKING THE KINKS OUT OF THIS PROJECT SO THAT IT IS FUN & EASY TO MAKE. ALL OF THE MATERIALS ARE RECYCLED.

THIS IS THE FRONT VIEW OF THE EMPTY STAGE.
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, MY SISTERS AND BROTHER CREATED A PUPPET THEATER OUT OF A CIGAR BOX. WE ONLY HAD TWO CHARACTERS THAT WERE IN THE ENDLESS PLAYS WE CREATED. THEIR NAMES WERE SUNSHINE AND ANNE...

THEY HAD A DIFFERENT ADVENTURE EVERYDAY... AND I CAN'T REMEMBER ONE OF THEM TODAY..
THIS PUPPET THEATER IS MODELED FROM THE ORNATE DREAM PALACE, MOVIES THEATERS THAT WERE BUILT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

HERE YOU COULD BE TRANSPORT INTO THE MAGICAL WORLDS ON THE BIG SCREEN.
THIS IS A VIEW OF THE STAGE ELEVATED FOR TALLER PAPERBAG PUPPETS.

THESE PUPPETS ARE STILL BEING WORKED ON. I JUST LETTING YOU HAVE A VIEW OF THIS PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
I WILL BE TEACHING HOW TO MAKE THIS RECYCLED PUPPET THEATER AS SOON AS I FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT....

THESE ARE THE VERY SIMPLE TOOLS & MATERIALS, I FORGOT TO INCLUDE A GLUE GUN.

GOT TO GET BACK TO WORK,.. I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE YOU SNEAK PEAK...

STAY POSTED!!

A YOUNG ART STAR IS BORN: AT THE UPTOWN VALENTINES NEWSPAPER ROSES WORKSHOP AT ARTS HORIZONS WITH FIBER ARTIST XENOBIA BAILEY

THIS HAD TO BE THE BEST VALENTINE DAY EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE.

THIS BRIGHT YOUNG MAN REPRESENTS WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT,.. YOUTH LIKE HIM IS ONE OF THE MANY REASONS WHY I DO WHAT I DO…

THERE WERE MOMENTS IN THE WORKSHOP THAT WERE PRICELESS AND THIS WAS ONE OF THEM.

THIS MOTHER & SON FLOWER MAKING TEAM WERE A REAL COOL, DYNAMIC DUAL, THEY WORKED REALLY GREAT TOGETHER... I MEAN REALLY SUPER GREAT TOGETHER.

HERE, HE IS CHOOSING HIS NEWSPAPER, BY THE INTERESTING COLORS & PATTERNS THAT WILL ACCENT THE ROSES.

FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS OF FOLDING AND CUTTING

AND I TURNED MY BACK FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES, AND I CAME BACK TO SEE HOW MOM & SON WERE DOING… AND…

I COULD’NT BELIEVE MY EYES… HE HAD CREATED A FULL BOUQUET OF ROSES, WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CLASS WAS STILL TRYING TO DO THE FIRST FOLDS.

A REAL WHIZ-KID, AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT AND A JOY TO HAVE MET…

DYNAMIC DUAL NO. 2. THE DAUGHTER: PICKING OUT NEWSPAPER FOR COLORFUL SURFACE DESIGNS FOR HER ROSES…

AND MOM: IS ALREADY INTO HER FOLDING AND CUTTING.

WE ALL WERE GRACED WITH THE PRESENCE OF A GROUP OF LOCAL CRAFT ARTIST WHO BROUGHT THEIR OWN SPECIAL FLARE AND STATEMENT TO THE AFTERNOON.

THIS GROUP HAS KEPT THE CULTURAL HOME FIRES BURNING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS.

THANKS FOR YOUR PASSION AND DEVOTION LADY'S



ONE OF MY NEW ARTIST FRIENDS WAS THIS AMAZING DOLLMAKER,

SHE CREATES AFRICAN-AMERICAN (WITH A LITTLE COUNTRY FLAVOR), ULTRA FEMININE, ONE OF A KIND, SOFT SCULPTURED DOLLS, THAT SHE ADORNED WITH ONE OF HER NEWSPAPER ROSES.

THESE MINITURE DARLINGS ARE ADORNED WITH A NATURAL HAIR STYLE, URBAN-ARTIST (FROM BACK-IN-THE-DAY STYLED) METAL JEWELRY, ORIGINAL SANDALS AND THE PRETTIEST LEGS I HAVE EVER SEEN ON A DOLL.

I THINK THE DOLLS BODY ARE SEWN OUT OF CORDAROY FABRIC.

CHARMING, ELEGANT AND DOWN-TO-EARTH FIGURINES…

THIS ARTIST REALLY PUT HER TOUCH TO THESE PIECES OF FABRIC AND GAVE IT A NEW LIFE!!!

CONTACT INFO

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TANYA MONTEGUT

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THIS IS REAL FINE HAND WORK I MUST SAY… YOU CAN BET, THIS DOLL OR ONE LIKE IT WILL BE IN MY DOLL COLLECTION BEFORE THE YEAR IS OUT…

MARK MY WORK!!!


THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR BEING A PART AND SHARING A VERY SPECIAL BRIGHT MOMENT WITH THE NEWSPAPER FLOWER MAKING WORKSHOP IN HARLEM.