Wednesday, April 25, 2007

painted dress form

i needed a mannequin for my co-op space.

after a few weeks of searching i found a dirty & crusty dress form at an estate sale. it had a great ornate cast iron base and wooden finial, but the body was stained and gross.

so i got out the acrylic paints yesterday and had at it.

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it is so hard to photograph metallic paint.

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i never get tired of painting black birds.

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the beautiful iron base - next to a cement sheep. every kitchen needs one.

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these photos were taken in my studio's kitchen in front of my favorite cupboard. i added the primative cat and bird, well aged, painted wooden garden ornaments. i just nailed them on with little tiny brass nails. the kitchen is a nice sunny room.

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the inside of the cupboard was filthy when i found it - so it was scrubbed and painted a dewey pale pea green.

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what about my new co-op space? i have a case of loose beads and jewelry there at wholesale prices.

also, a rack of great clothing from sales. stuff like flax, blue fish and other nice linen artsy stuff, cashmere sweaters, handknits, leather bags. it is in 'antiques & old lace' on university avenue, near culver road, in front of pomodoro restaurant. oh, and i also have lots, and lots of cookbooks there for sale.

2 comments:

jlle said...

Hah. Remember when Margaret NEEEEEEEEEEDED something at the Avon Flea Mkt? I NEEEEEEEEEEEEED a cement sheep. Oh, I saw the painted dress form on Facebook and suspected there was more to the story. Brava.

Shelley Noble said...

Here via Ulla, LOVE the dress form. Please paint a real dress right away, heck, a whole line and then sell them on Etsy and be rich and able to do anything you want all the grand days of your wonderful creative life!

Love the beads too. Bookmarking now.