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| The Goddess by Marla L. Niederer |
I’m very pleased to
announce that I will be teaching the Goddess as an online class for the first
time for AforArtistic September 23 2019!
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| The Goddess by Marla L. Niederer |
The Goddess was
inspired by Kuan Yin, a Goddess of Compassion, one who hears the cries of all
beings. Others know her as a
Bodhisattva, one who puts off Nirvana in order to liberate all sentient beings.
Many representations of Kuan Yin depict her as a beautiful oriental woman in
flowing gowns carrying a vessel filled with the waters of compassion. She is often depicted standing or sitting
upon a lotus blossom.
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| The Goddess by Marla L. Niederer |
In this
interpretation of Kuan Yin, I chose to place a hand crafted and hand painted
lotus blossom upon her head as a headdress.
She wears a skirt and shawl of hand painted cheesecloth which represent
the waters of compassion. Her costume is
hand beaded with silver lined glass beads.
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| The Goddess by Marla L. Niederer |
The
Goddess is a 19” tall needle sculpted, hand painted art doll with ball joints
and a facial cloth overlay. The head has very unique sculpted eyes
utilizing an advanced technique that gives the appearance of inset eyes.
In this class you will learn a variety of unique needle sculpting techniques
such as how to attach a cloth overlay on the face, creating a swivel neck,
creating ball joints at the hips, knees, ankles, elbows and wrist. In
addition, the class presents instruction on how to utilize tube and pencil
watercolors for skin tone and facial coloration. Unique costuming design
is included in instruction along with how to needle felt a hairdo. This
workshop is designed to stretch your cloth art doll making skills to a whole
new level!
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| The Goddess by Marla L. Niederer |
I can’t wait for
the class to begin and hope to see you there!
You can find more
information about the class and how to sign up by clicking on this link to
AforArtistic.
Until
next time…..
warm
hugs,
Marla
