Playing Tailor

I know what you're thinking. After such a long hiatus, you're posting a scrap of burlap?

This is a preview of the ensemble I'm making for my latest project. Lots of firsts happening in this one:

A) It's a sculpture of a human being

B) I have to make clothes for it

C) It will have a base

Let's go back to today's topic of clothes. I am not a seamstress. I do not own a sewing machine. I haven't made a piece of clothing since Grade 7 Home Economics (and if memory serves, I made a pillow in the shape of a D. Not clothing).

But when I started sculpting the hag, and she had such an organic feel to her, I decided I would cheat myself if I didn't give her actual clothes.

This is an image of her shawl. I made it while watching the Russia vs. Canada hockey game (trying not to fling it across the room as both arms shot into the air for each goal). It's burlap with the edges tied in knots and weaved with twine to make a hem. Then I knotted some more twine in different sizes and tied them to the edges. A little brown and white paint, and voila.

She has simple (very simple) footwear, a babushka (peasant scarf), a dress (more of a wrap) and a scarf belt.

More to come.