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Humpty Dumpty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I know it sounds absolutely insane to say that gourds tell us what they want to be – but, honestly, it does seem to happen.  This particular gourd I had started working on was going to be something completely different, it sat in my studio for at least two years partially completed until a few weeks ago when I suddenly realized there was a Humpty Dumpty begging to appear !   Once I started sculpting the face with paper clay – Humpty Dumpty took shape.  His arms and legs are fabric sculpted, painted with gesso and a stiffening medium.  His entire body, the gourd and limbs were covered with a texture medium which gives, especially on the gourd, an eggshell like surface.  He was painted with acrylic paint and sealed with varnish.  The “wall” is actually a block of wood that I painted with faux bricks.  So much fun to create this guy – now I can’t decide if I should take him to the gallery or just hold on to him for a little while …. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for visiting, please leave a comment I would love to know what you think about Humpty Dumpty ! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know it sounds absolutely insane to say that gourds tell us what they want to be – but, honestly, it does seem to happen.  This particular gourd I had started working on was going to be something completely different, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[139,137,158],"class_list":["post-1391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-news","tag-gourd-dolls","tag-gourds","tag-news","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7jXmy-mr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1202,"url":"https:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=1202","url_meta":{"origin":1391,"position":0},"title":"New Pieces and some news","author":"Debra","date":"June 2, 2017","format":"gallery","excerpt":"These are new pieces I completed that are displayed at the Art and Antique Gallery in Eau Gallie for tonight's First Friday, hopefully it will not be raining! 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