The Circus Queen
Created in 2005
27"x25"x4" $950
Inspiration - I was in a gift shop when I saw an imagine of a circus woman with an elephant on or in her dress I decided to turn the dress into the circus tent and add as many animals as I could fit. As the image stewed in my mind I could not convince myself to make her smaller. She demanded to be a very large piece.
Technique: Her first "life" was as a free standing sculpture with the back of her tent revealing a lion. She was shown like this at a show at the Phipps Center in 2005. But when I brought her home I realized she had not been properly baked (thanks to my oven that was spiking up to 375!) She had several parts that were not completely cured so I put her dress back in the oven (she was in two parts at the time). Unfortunately I forgot the golden rule about re-baking- PROP like crazy! I had taken out some of her armature and she collapsed. So I reconstructed her and she began her second life as a wall piece. I used a lot of A-poxy sculpt to reassemble her and permanently attach her body to her dress. Now she is amazingly sturdy. I take her to a lot of shows and I admit I toss her around a lot and she has held together spectacularly.
I hope she will one day find her perfect home but if not she is one of my favorite pieces ever. I relate to her a lot- so much crazy-ness going on on and trying to remain balanced admidst it all.
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