A Thousand Cranes

skull doll

2013

H x W x D approx
30 x 30 x 13 cm
12 x 12 x 5 inches

Her skull is an artificial resin kitten skull with realistic blue eyes and tiny lashes.
Her hair is made from high quality black English viscose with on the other side of her skull a tattoo.
A Thousand Cranes her body is sculpted from paperclay over a metal frame, painted with acrylics and then sealed with Mr. Clear.
She is dressed in antique black lace with an organza bloomer and red silk ribbons, and is wearing black nylons and black leather ballet slippers.
She is posed (permanently) on a black wooden base adorned with black miniature gravel, and red paper origami cranes on red nylon rope with wire inside.