This past weekend I took the time to set up scenes with all ten fairies. I wanted to recreate a 'fairy branch' scene like the ones Marianne and I made many, many years ago when we first started sculpting dolls from polymer clay. We both made little driftwood scenes covered in little fairies. The BJDs are a lot bigger and heavier, and can't be permanently attached to the branches, so I knew it was going to be a major challenge.
There was a huge juniper root from a tree that was cut down last year, which was hauled out of the garden and scrubbed. I positioned it on my picnic table along with a pot of ivy, and created a 'woodsy' setting. I waited for the sun to get above the crabapple tree and cast shade on the table. Then the challenge began - ten fairies all needing to be positioned in some kind of interesting fashion. It took well over an hour to set up. Here's the result from Saturday....
There was a huge juniper root from a tree that was cut down last year, which was hauled out of the garden and scrubbed. I positioned it on my picnic table along with a pot of ivy, and created a 'woodsy' setting. I waited for the sun to get above the crabapple tree and cast shade on the table. Then the challenge began - ten fairies all needing to be positioned in some kind of interesting fashion. It took well over an hour to set up. Here's the result from Saturday....
I took lots of close-ups, took everyone down, then started all over again on Sunday....
There's dozens more fairy photos to be posted, and I think I'm finally 'fairied out'. I've decided I will make two fairy photo albums - one with 'flower fairies' (already started) and the second with the Fairy Branches and all the corresponding close-ups. Today I need to take all the studio shots, and then I think I'm done. Almost.
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