Caged Beauty #2 Rei
2014
height 45 cm / 17.7 inchdiameter 18 cm / 8 inch
Rei her head is a sculpted paperclay skull head with a black fox mask.
The back of her ears are gilded with real 23.75 karat gold.
Her body is sculpted from paperclay over a metal frame, painted with many thin layers acrylics, and each layer also sealed with Mr. Clear.
Rei is wearing black silk velvet hotpants with a silk dress, Victorian style but designed in a modern way, adorned with gold metal beads and silk ribbon.
Her legs are painted black with black silk ribbon lines and golden tiny pearls.
Rei is also wearing a handmade cage crinoline with silk bows and golden breads.
She has a very long ponytail made from a human hair extension.
Her slender skeleton hands are finished with the top of her fingers gilded with real 23.75 karat gold.
She is posed on a hand turned wooden base in black satin finish.
