Hope -the thing with feathers

One of my favorite poems is Emily Dickinson's 

"hope - the thing with feathers"

and when I saw the Relics & Artifacts All Things Wings challenge

I knew that I wanted to build on that idea

I had found a little doll at a thrift store and

taken her apart

I made a paper mache heart for her body and added the Relics

&Artifacts heart

I added the head and appendages

but she was so heavy I was forced to adhere her to a canvas

lots of gesso - both white and gold

some acrylic paints

and other stuff for texture

I hot glued the words to wire from her hands

as I wanted them to float like feathers

What a joy this was

Hope you like it

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