Monday, February 22, 2016

My Fetish Doll

Look at my fetish doll - it's mine all mine - not everything is for sale . Driftwood gathered from the beach at Golovin, Alaska, Raven feathers, Seagull feathers, seabird beak, cracked seagull egg, old spoon and beeswax to hold it all together. 

“According to doll making legend, the original work for doll was “idol” We have just lopped off the “I.”
When we make dolls we are invoking God like powers. Doll making is a very powerful form of magic.
Because we are working directly with the human figure in a form that appeals to our child self, we are talking directly to our creative consciousness, which in turn speaks directly to our Higher Self.

“Doll making is a very potent form of magic. Therefore, dolls are extremely potent tools for manifestation. (It is no accident that dolls are used in Voodoo.)” But if dolls can be—and have been—used negatively, they can also be used positively, and that is what I did here.”

 

Why is it that dexterity, knowledge of art, and taste do not necessarily add up to what we seek in art?
Peter London