New Angels with My Latest Vintage and Antique Finds

I've kept busy this winter creating more new assemblage dolls.  I've found all kinds of antique and vintage items to keep them unique. It seems that I just have to hold them in my hands to envision a fairy or angel and then I'm off and running.

Here are a few of the newer ones I've done.  I'm leaning towards fairies and fantasy with these.

Tea with the king

One day when I went walking I found
a fairy's hat.

Here's my little fairy prince

I call this one "Tiny dancer".

This one is "Willow".

I have had so much fun creating these dolls.  Hope you'll enjoy looking at them as much as I have had creating them.
Stop back often and check for new angels as I continue to follow my heart and create them.
Imagination is a wonderful gift.

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

Silver Bells

Holiday Red

Creating with vintage items is a passion!  I love crawling through hedgerows looking for vintage insulators.  I love browsing the dusty corners of antqiue shops.  And I love getting my hands on anything that's from an era before me.  These assemblage art angels have opened up a new world of creativity for me.  My kitchen table, counter tops and floors are stacked with antique doll parts, vintage molds, old porcelain insulators and box upon box of vintage jewelry, all just waiting to become part of my new creations.

Red and Green for Christmas

Time Hangs in the Balance

More assemblage angels from antique and vintage materials

I have had so much fun putting together these little art dolls that I just had to share them with you.   Trying to figure out what type of wings to use was a challenge.  I wanted something that coordinated with the dolls themselves, but that was creative. For some I used just rusty wire.  For others I painted tissue paper and  molded it around the wire.  Vary pleased with the results, a spot of color that allows "heavenly" light to shine through.

Found Objects in Art

I love creating with things I find while walking the dogs through the woods and fields.  I've stumbled upon some wonderful porcelain insulators from old electric fencing.  They looked so much like little people's bodies that for months the name "Barbed Wire Betty" kept running through my head.  Eventually I had to give up on the barbed wire and substitute rusty craft wire, but you'd be amazed at what one can do.
After the first one, I was on a roll and just couldn't stop myself.  I dreamt of angels and had visions of new and different kinds.  I searched my stash and found old children's blocks, antique wooden typeset and vintage jewelry that became part of over 40 different angels.
I'm not sure where they will lead me, but they promised to protect me and bless me with the joy found only in creating.
I've posted a few in my etsy shop.
You can find them at http://www.ferrytalesgifts.etsy.com/