For My Name Is Eliza Day
skull doll
2012
H x W x D approximately
7 x 33 x 23 cm
2.8 x 13 x 9.1 inch
Inspired by the song Where The Wild Roses Grow from Nick Cave.
Eliza Day her skull is a real Agarponis skull with glass eyes and lashes.
Her hair is made from high quality black English viscose.
Her body is sculpted with paperclay over a metal frame.
She is dressed in a black stiffened silk dress finished with tiny Swarovski crystal beads and given a wet look with high gloss varnish.
She is posed (permanently) on a heavy Belgium fossil stone base adorned with roses, black sand and fake water (high gloss varnish).