Angels for Etsy....?

I'm loving the creating of these angels.....it's so fun to figure out the balance......

and to add layers of texture ...paint....and clays....

The wings are made from handwritten French journal pages from 1882....imagine!!   I like to use original letters instead of photocopying them cause I think the original brings an incredible energy to the piece.

I'm going through all my antique laces and nettings and trim and using bits and pieces of these amazing bits of history....all with stories intertwined between the hand wrought stitches......

I can't wait to work on them some more tomorrow......and I'm thinking.......maybe I'll open a shop on Etsy and place there for sale.........I've never done that.....could use any advice anyone has to share.  Etsy or Ebay??  Kind of scary to put one's work out in the world......even though I've been creating for over 30 years.  So silly..... :)  Place your name in the comment section or email if you wish to be on a list to be notified when I open my little shop.

Wired Whimsies.....

I've been working more on my wired whimsey pieces.....These two are now complete and are now dancing on ribbons, blowing in the breeze. 

I've embellished with bits of antique lace and trim and touches of gold paint. 

I'm thinking of selling these on etsy.....

hmmm, do you think there is someone who would like one dancing in their own breeze?

creating a wire figure.......

I've been playing with some wire and paper and paverpol......making some hanging dancing figures.
Here are some first steps. Bending the wire, gluing the paper ( pages and pictures for the faces ripped from an old French dictionary and some old sheet music....) and then covering the paper with paverpol.
Tomorrow I will apply a crackle glaze and some paint and see where else this piece leads me.
I love the lightness of these pieces and the way they blow in the wind as if dancing.
I hung them on the morning glory vine to dry.