I have been working on a couple of Tree Goddesses the past few weeks that will be part of my display for the Ancaster Gem, Mineral, Bead and Jewellery Show this coming weekend (September 30, Oct 1 and 2011) My local Homesense store had these two sculptures on clearance a while ago and I thought they would be perfect for this project.
A friend of my husband , with the right equipment, was kind enough to drill through the shoulders to allow me to insert a bundle of wires.
Next came a couple of layers of plaster cloth and paper clay
Then I coated them with a product called Powertex which made them really durable and I painted them to match our booth colours. They have 10 fingers on each hand and I intend to hang pendants from their fingers with fishing line. We have raised our table by 6″ and these Goddesses are close to 2′ tall so I think our pendants will be almost at eye level. Heres hoping it encourages sales.
Great idea, Love it.