"Peek-a-Boo!!"

I had a really good time playing in the studio yesterday and started putting the masquerade figure together that you saw earlier unpainted. He had started out as my EHAG carnival challenge piece and when I realized he wouldn't be dry in time to paint, assemble and meet the deadline I put him aside. As I worked on the piece yesterday he came off of the original box I constructed him on and was moved to the base shown below.

When I put the mask on the hand and angled it toward the forehead I thought he looked like he was playing peek-a-boo....so that is his name, "Peek-a-Boo!!" I also did something new for me in this piece. The sleeves and cuffs aren't clay, but are made of ribbon. It allowed me to give a softer look to the clay piece and I think I like it in combination with the feathers and pearls on the mask.

Okay, maybe I got a tad carried away with the mask ornamentation, but hey, if I owned a carnival mask I would want pearls, feathers and jewels on it too!! I had some antique pearls from a broken necklace in a box and they became the "bling" on the mask along with some small facet cut beads. I still have to permanently attach him to the base but I think he is done.

Peek-a-Boo!! Hope you like him!!

Have a great day and happy creating!

Laurie