I've started with the next project: a statue of Archangel Christiel.

I want one in the garden where I've made a portal for Unicorns & Lyra but since AA Christiel is less known you cannot find a statue anywhere.
So I decided to make one myself from Paverpol (textile hardener).

Didn't have much time this week and making the 'body/frame' was a helluva lot of work.
Just now I've begun to dress it up, but only a few thingies.

The first beginning. I bought a torso and an egg for the head:




It's got arms (cut them from styropor then wrapped them in papertape), gave him a nose.

Today I changed the stand and attached the wing frames.
I put the 'skin' on the face, arms and hands (hands will get another layer).

In the meantime I've also done some silver accents, will post a photo of that later.

Can't continue now with the rest of the clothes as the silver parts will have to dry first.
And I'm actually quite tired. Was a lot of work today, even though there isn't much to show for yet, hihi.
The sleeves have already been cut though!




It's 70cm tall :D

It’ll be interesting to see how it turns out .

Thank you, and yes, for me as well, hihi.


OT - Well, that's it for today. I'm shattered!!

Got fabric around the bamboo wingframes now, and managed to get 1 sleeve done. Trust me when I say that wasn't easy!

Then there are silver armbands and shirt. There will be a white loose top/tunica over that so the silver will just show a tad.
Which is why the silver mess on the belly area isn't a prob, it'll be covered up later on :)

Now I forgot to do the 2nd & finishing wrapping of the hands before doing the armbands, doh...



I've put a rolled up piece of plastic in the sleeve to have it dry in the shape I want.
Paverpol doesn't adhere to plastic so I should be able to remove that later on.
Should... Fingers crossed!

PS The wings will likely be the last thing I do so I don't damage them whilst working on the clothes and hair.h
I intend to make the wings mother of pearl white. I've got powder for that to mix through the white Paverpol.

This is how far I got today :)
Second sleeve and the gown.

It was a lot of hard work and once doing either front or back of the gown I have to do the other side too, whether tired or not.
For some reason I'm struggling way more with it than I remember from some 16 yrs ago. Possibly because this is much larger and much different style.
I got there in the end :)

Once this is dry I can do the details.
Hair & wings will be last.

So beautiful!

You are a multifaceted artist!

Wow ! That is a lot of hard work and effort .... guessing it's gonna turn out as beautiful as the artist creating it huh !!!!!

Thank you so much, Stormy!

Hihi, thank you, Slim!

I just went into the garage to have a look with fresh eyes after a good night's sleep.
And OMG! I love it!
Can't wait to get going with the wings, but that'd be daft as I then can't get to the rest I want to do.
So there's that saying... patience is a virtue!

But but... then I'd have to do my hair as well?!

OT ----
Day before yesterday I did the belt and the sash. Had to keep the latter in place and shape by using a plastic cup, empty milk bottle etc. etc.
I couldn't touch it after that lest the whole setup would collapse, hihi.

Yesterday I've done part of his hair. Not done with that yet.
This is what it looks like now :D




The back:



I took it indoors this afternoon as we'd get a horrible storm and if something was to happen to the garage...

And you know wot?! Every time I know turn my head to look at the table and see this, my heart fills with joy!!
Believe it or not, it really exudes an energy of peace & Love, and it's not even finished!

Because of the storm I couldn't work on it today. Hopefully Thursday I get to finish off his hair and get going with the wings!!




On a table in the extension this afternoon

It's not finished yet, but I have to wait for more Paverpol and fabric for the wings to arrive to be able to continue.

In the meantime I decided to start with painting. It's not going to be totally coloured as AA Christiel is pure white.
So just some subtle colours in the folds of his gown.
I asked Diana Cooper which colours I could use and she replied with pale aqua, pale violet, pale pink, pale gold and so on. All high vibration colours.
Exactly what I'd intuited myself, but I wanted her expert opinion on it. So glad she replied!! What a lovely woman!
I will make the sash a light gold.
The painting isn't finished either, lot of work. But I had a lot of fun with it :D
I haven't gotten my paints out in months, haha.
Using acrylics.

Once the wings are finished I am going to put mother of pearl on the insides of them. I tried a bit and you can actually see it, no matter how subtle.

To be continued :)

Following.....

Thank you for taking an interest, Slim!

OT...
He has got his permanent hair now :) Did that last night.

It is hair from the long haired horned goat that lives at the permaculture gardens where I regularly go for Celtic Avalon celebrations like Beltane, Ostara, Litha etc.
It had a strong 'goat' smell, so I washed it, blow-dried it, then it was ready to use!
It looks so much better than the cotton strands although those weren't bad either.

This is the beautiful animal whose hair I used :)



AA Christiel now looks like this (his mouth will be re-painted, not happy with it, to feminine):



I'm especially chuffed with the 2 curled strands to the left :D



I did the short peaks on his forehead and curled the hair inward on 1 side to make it a bit more playful :)

I've just finished the wings!
I had initially wanted them to be a little wider and then curl over but it would also make them like sails on a yacht. And since it's very windy where I live I decided to not go there.

Now he looks like this:







Now wait for it to dry, then I can continue painting.