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Ariel
Carved basswood head. Skinned, boiled and formed tree roots.
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Comment by Sandra Hoefner on November 10, 2015 at 8:05pm
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Yes, I carved the head out of basswood. Then I found tree roots sticking out of a bank on a dirt road. I was living in Fairbanks AK and I could find things like this all over. Then I skinned the roots, peeling off the outer dark layer. Then I boiled the roots in water. I found dowels of different sizes and wrapped the roots around them--limber when wet and boiled. Then I let them dry. When unwound--presto! Curly hair!
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Comment by Stephen Mead on October 13, 2015 at 7:56am
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Did you carve this head, and what a process to get that effect with the tree roots! Where did that idea/technique come from? I can feel Ariel rising!
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