Caged Beauty #1 Valentina

2014

height 43 cm / 17 inch
diameter 16 cm / 6.3 inch

Valentina her head is a sculpted paperclay skull head with a black ram mask with gilded (real 23.75 karat gold) horns.
Her body is sculpted from paperclay over a metal frame, painted with many thin layers of acrylics and each layer also sealed with Mr. Clear.
Valentina is wearing black silk velvet hotpants with a black silk velvet and micro suede military style coat adorned with gold colored half pearls, gold colored ribbons and finished with a half cage pannier.
Her legs are painted black with black silk ribbon bows.
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 (also with real 23.75 karat gold).
She is posed on a hand turned wooden base in black satin finish.