Elephant with a seed head

14cm x15 cm x 18cm

From the Ballad of Backwards and Forwards Collection

Rula’s world had changed so completely. Everything looked different. It seemed unrecognisable, yet the same. She needed to get away but that felt like a big thing. She could hear her absent ones in the shadows, they promised her she'd be okay if she just took a chance. Their voices grew louder and she could feel them in her mind. With one step and then another and they said ‘Go and Explore!’ So she listened and disappeared for a while.

The elephant is a discarded toy, sent with a herd of Ellie’s no longer treasured. Her headpiece is a dried lotus head with the pods full of all the thoughts Rula might have whirling round her head. All materials are recycled, collected and found, deconstructed and reassembled to tell a new story and have a refreshed purpose.

They are embellished with collected feathers, textiles, jewellery, dried flower components and beads. I have also dressed them with decoupage, paint and foil leaf. They have vintage Indian textiles and painted claws.

All my pieces are individual and one-off - as I only work with recycled and reclaimed objects I never know what I am going to find. If you are looking for something particular, please ask - and I'll start looking!

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