As you can you see, my dog Alistair is busy recovering from his turkey dinner so we took the day off today. I will be starting a new series tomorrow focusing on cemetery art. I chose this topic to assist me with some decisions about how I design my “Beloved” prop to make the best use of a vintage dress I bought on eBay for the project.
If you are not familiar with the “Beloved” tombstone it simulates a woman mourning over the tombstone of her beloved husband with the inscription “Beneath this simple stone, my precious darling sleeps alone”.
There are several examples of the beloved project online that I find are useful references. It’s one of the benefits of being attached to a community of friends that is as sharing as the network on the Halloween forums. Each person adds their own unique elements to a build or tries a new technique which they share. My friend Terra used the examples of others when building her beloved project and I think she added some steps that are outstanding. I feel so fortunate to be able to gain knowledge from her experience and add features that will make my project a unique design built from the concepts of others. If this project progresses as I think it will, I should be incorporating some of the techniques I have learned from Laurie Franklin (Lauriebeast) as well. Before summer arrives I’m sure lessons learned from others will also influence my finished project.
In the upcoming series I plan to post photos focusing on fabric draping, different ways of positioning a mourning figure, aging stone, and ornamental elements. By the end of this series I will also post a variety of methods for creating faux stone, texture, and shading. My beloved project will not be started until the weather improves this spring or summer, but some of the concepts I’m reviewing will be incorporated into finishing the body for the build of the “Immortal Pumpkin” that I’ve named Morti. I hope you find concepts that you can apply to your current or future projects as well. Until next time …
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