This is the Shaman/Spider Woman doll I made as a very special wedding gift. I wanted to invoke the Native American connection to their wedding ceremony . Many of the items for the charms and trim are from vintage jewelry including a Kokopelli pin and road runner turquoise earrings that were my mother's. Some of the beads were new purchases, others from vintage necklaces taken apart. Many of the fabrics used in the patchwork over robe were given to me by my mother-in-law. She has a huge collection of different vintage fabrics that she has collected over the last 40+ years in her travels. I combined upholstery fabrics with antique embroideries, printed Indian silks and quilting cottons, including small scale liberty prints. My daughter contributed a lot of her design talents to the project. It was she who designed the tattoos for the doll's cheeks. She also chose the yarn combination for the hair, to coordinate with the robes. She sewed the little felt bag for the Kokopelli , a
Here are some more wip's of Miss Tick. Her petticoat has been dyed with coffee and stained with paint, and her black dress, once no doubt fine has been sadly damaged by her repeated dips in ponds by witchhunting peasants and by her sojourn on the road in rainy weather.
I still have her hair, footwear, props and rather unusual hat (she is in disguise) to complete. By Wednesday.
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