Hi there! It's again start of a new week and start of another five posts on my blog! Today I'm sharing my PaperArtsy "Interactive" project with you. You can see the original post with a step by step styled approach here (link).
I'm not sure why, but the first thought that jumped to my head when reading the theme of "Interactive" was a jumping jack - pun not intended. It might got to do with the fact that one of my very first design team projects for another team back in 2015 was a ballerina style jumping jack or an art doll (link).
I somehow don't like when the legs of the jumping jack swerve around, so instead of making an actual, classical one might say, jumping jack, I opted for an art doll version. When drawing the first sketches, I came to think about the mosaics in the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna and especially empress Theodora (link). When I was stuck in one stage of the project, this thought proved to be handy. I also named the finished piece after her.
I used Seth Apter's new stamps to decorate the doll and make the robes. I chose a purple with a regal feeling for the color and used PaperArtsy's Fresco Finish acrylics to stamp the patterns to the robes. I used the same stamps also when adding jewelry pieces to my lady. Those are stamped on top of heat resistant transparency with embossing ink and then coated with golden embossing powder and heated. After cutting the pieces look a little bit like golden embellishments as they kind of float in the air.
If you want to see more of the steps and find out the inner workings of this lady, please head over to PaperArtsy's blog! Here you have the link again (link). I was hoping her movement somehow being really lady-like when you pull the pendant, but she seems more panicked then! But maybe that's just the reason, she thinks someone is trying to steal her necklace in broad daylight!
Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a great day! Stay safe everyone!
Materials: PaperArtsy, Prima Marketing, Posca, Ranger, GelliArts
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