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Zhenne Wood's Evolving Works! "Musician Horse" in process...

Greetings!

It is a beautiful day...indoors and out.  Perfect daylight for taking pictures of this Musician Horse doll as well as the Green Elephant and the Summer Horse!  These 3 mentioned are 3 of many works in process.  I decided to add a new category of things to see here in Zhenneland - Evolving Works!  My plan is to take new photos of them after each session of bringing them more into existence and post the visual updates in this "Evolving Works!" category.  If you would like to just see pictures of one of the three, you can also find categories for "Musician Horse", "Summer Horse" and "Green Elephant".  For the moment, these are simple descriptive working titles until their true name becomes apparent.

I would appreciate any comments you would like to make about these works...or suggest a name for one or all of them, and perhaps an accessory you think might be just the thing!  A friend crafted the beautiful black bamboo flute in the hands of the musician horse...

Thank you, Friend!

Zhenne Wood

Zhenne Wood's Evolving Works! - "Summer Horse" in progress

This horse doll (I think of it as a Summer Horse) will have a wheeled wooden fanskirt travoise to carry supplies on - a salmon colored agate bowl for one, and it will have wheeled wooden platform shoes and extravagant headgear...and more!

Zhenne Wood's Evolving Works! - "Green Elephant Doll in Progress"

The fabric of the body of this elephant doll is a fine cotton batik print.  I bought it specifically to make a green elephant from...the coloration makes me think of elephants walking in springtime morning mist.  I have also painted on top of it with fabric paints and there will be more painting done as it continues to evolve.

I use shell to make tusks...it is embellished as well with beads and sequins and wears a gold leaf skirt.

 

 

Zhenne Wood's Evolving Works! - "Amethyst SeaHorse" in progress

I just took photos today of this work in progress...I built the form of this seahorse of wire and then took it from there with many layers of netting and fabric and beads and sequins.  I like the silhouettish effect of the dark and light of these pix - although they don't show all the intricate details and true colorings.  I will post more photos each time I work on it some more and will be showing it in different kinds of light. The pins are holding things in place until some more stitching is done.

Another Peek Inside My Art Studio

It's not all about cakes in my art studio!  It's also about buffalo...and buffalo woman...and nests...and turtles and birds...more works in progress...

On the wall is an unfinished oil pastel drawing of a buffalo which I have decided to leave unfinished - I like this one that way...and so does the person who bought it!  I just need to frame it and ship it.  Also on the wall are two bird nests I made and a little beaded and painted shield I made...on the pedestal are: 1. an unfinished colored pencil sketch of a flicker 2. A buffalo doll I am working on 3. A bird in a nest of my own design. The standing figure is an evolving piece and the bamboo pole leaning against the wall is a kind of totemic thing I am putting together which one of my blue turtles is climbing.

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Evolving Works Continue to Evolve as Artist Zhenne Continues to Work...

...the little green elephant princess will have a parasol!!!!
The costume pieces and jewelry seen on this evolving figure are in flux...as different elements are pulled into its orbit...they come and go...pinned and unpinned...until the finished piece stands whole and complete.

 

...the musician horsedoll has been moving from spare to lush, simple to opulent ~ with an Egyptian touch to her costume.  Her mane, not shown in this photo, is becoming a full on splendid thing ~  the construction of her sequinned Egyptian print overskirt allows for practical carrying of her black bamboo flute.  This doll has already been sold, and I am finishing it now for the collector.  I will be most happy to make you the horsedoll of your dreams on a commission basis.  I have made many kinds of horsedolls ~ some look Native American, East Indian, Persian, Tibetan, and on and on.  What kind of horsedoll do you fancy?  A sorceress from an unknown land?  A pair of sister horses in sequinned dancing dresses?  Brother Horsedolls? White, black, golden, paintedpinto?  

This horse now has a fuller name..."Summertime StorySharing HorseDoll".  It continues to evolve and here it is making its way through Muir Woods National Monument Redwoods in California (ah!  the wonders of Photoshop...I am recently discovering the joys of adding my figures to landscapes, using photographs that I have taken out of doors.)

...I beekeeping on working on this BeeKeeper...also, a commissioned piece (doll, sculpture, figure, artwork...what shall I call these things I make? Once, a friend said to me, "I know what to call everything you make...they are "ZHENNES")  !! I liked that. 

...and here they are, BeeKeeper and little green elephant sharing a shelf in Zhenneland ~ during a stage of their journey to completion.