Before I made my Sorrow Angel, I made this little beaded pony.
I love the pony’s chunky shape and stubborn feel of her stance. I made the body with machine-quilted fabric, then hand-stitched beads on over the quilting lines to get the flower design.
To give the static pose more energy, I used wire for the mane and tail.
The pipe cleaner armature was stiff enough to make my pony stand, but in the future I’ll use stiffer wire just to be sure. Beading can add a lot of weight to a piece.
I love that you explain your choices-why you did what you did. Does this one have a name?
Thanks. Oddly, it doesn’t have a name. A lot of my projects have names before I even start, but this one never has. I think of it as a stubborn, feisty pony. Maybe I should call it Clarice.
I love it, it reminds me of the Spirit of the forest in Princess Mononoke (Studio Ghibli) when it’s turning into the stars.
Wow am I flattered! To have anything I have made remind anyone even vaguely of Miyazaki’s work is just astonishing to me. Thanks so much!