Hello Friends,
I know it's been a long time. Between falling down,
working, death, and life, it's been really busy.
I live for my weekends and this is what I did
on Sunday morning. As many of you already know,
I am a Geechee Girl or Gullah Geechee.
I come from a long line of strong men and woman who
all could either cook, sing, dance, preach, or tell
a tale. In honor of my Great Grammy , Grammy and mom
I did this collage called Berthas, Bettys and Bellauhs named
after some of the woman in my family.
I adore the Russian nesting dolls, but I have never seen
any African american ones, SO, I made my own, but started
it out as this collage piece.
Can't wait to show you the nesting dolls. It's a weekend project
so it won't be for a while. Hope that all of you are
doing well and being creative. Sending you all
the positive energy I can muster up.
Have a great week!
Shalom
24 comments:
Nice collage work!
Beautiful! Would make a wonderful print.
Love these Vanessa!
The collage seemed to capture the feel of the old handmade dolls--some I have whose dresses were made from fabrics pieced together.
Take care my friend---I'm still under the weather, but your work brightens my day!
Love you much!♥
XXOO~~
Anne
I just love them! :) I've been missing you. Sending you girlfriend hugs and out loud laughter. :)
I love this collage work! It's so you and it's always so nice to see your experimentations.
Nice painterly feel to this one.
looking forward to seeing more.. and my memere was a Bertha too! And boy could she cook.
thanks for sharing and have a wonderful week. :)
Hi Vanessa, long time no see. Hope all is well. I love your 3 B's. Excellent work. Great to see you!
brilliant nesting dolls, dear love! they are gorgeous!
i would totally nest HERE.
yes. with all the b's.
& happily be. xox
Hi Vanessa, I love your Collage Dolls and I can't wait to see your nesting dolls when you finish them. Vanessa I would love to see your collage on kitchen items like dish towels, oven mitts, aprons, dishes and canisters. Vanessa think about girlfriend! Smooches!! Have a fabulous weekend.
This is truly wonderful. I can't stand it. Love, love, love!
Vanessa, this is fantastic, so original. Excelent.
I love the collage, and can't wait to see the dolls!
Ooooh, these are GREAT! I agree, nesting should not just be a Russian thing. What a loving and wonderful way to pay homage to all the strong, incredible women in your family. The little itty bitty baby in the middle -- will that be little Z? :) Have fun with the project. I can't wait to see it!!!
xoxoxo
Hi Vanessa, Lovely collage!
Beautiful collage! I agree that they also feel like handmade dolls. I just love them! Thanks also for the Gullah link. I love history, but had never heard of them. What a gift they were able to preserve.
Always so fascinating and what a blessing to be able to be with you here a while sister Vanessa!
your work is so crazy beautiful!!!
What a fabulous idea!!! This collage is gorgeous, and I cannot wait to see the nesting dolls.
Heya Buttercup! How are you? I loooooove this and I wanna see those nesting dolls. I love nesting dolls and yours are going to be fab. It's so much fun to find nesting dolls that are unique. I have to ask, did you find a set to paint or are you doing paper mache or some other creative thing that I can't think of? Well, whatever it is, I am sure that they will turn out great.
What an awesome idea! Seriously I could see the dolls becoming very popular in the African American community. I think you're onto something besides just the great artwork. :)
Hi Vanessa,
your ancestor- nesting doll- collage is soooo gorgeous.
I can see you having fun while playing around with colours and glue.
Have a great day
Hugs
Janine
Beautiful use of collage on these— and it works with the subject matter! love to see a traditional animation done in your style, it's so fresh and sincere in it's approach.
Please consider actually making these nesting dolls.
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