This farm girl sculpture came to me as a vision of my farm, the land and she represents that. She is the dirt, the furrows, the crops, the rusted nails and implements. But she needs love to produce crops, and water – thus the title of this sculpture: Tell Me You Love Me And Bring Me A Drink.
She’s also partly ME – I’ll always be a farm girl, but part of me wanted to be more…fancier, more dignified- but I’ll always be a farm girl, especially at heart.
by Marian Williams
I certainly don’t claim to be a sculptor, but I do like to try.
This current effort had its fits and starts, disasters, start overs, but….eventually…she showed up!
The beads of her necklace were made from recycled clay with “farm glass” melted in the center. Farm glass is the old glass found around an old “dump” on a farm- back in the day when we burned trash and then dumped it in a hole, glass was often strewn around the site-it’s beautiful!!
The blue and white floral transfers are indicative of the sewing of all good farm girls- we had to do it- no alternative!
Her headdress is composed of rusty nails, a horseshoe and stems of cotton and wheat – crops of the farms I’ve been associated with,
farm girl is made of white groggy clay and recycled clay.each clay shows the contrast of the “dirt” of the farm and the “clean” of town. Farm girl is full of dichotomies.
I can’t even explain it, but I can be sitting in front of her and all of a sudden- she changes…she “becomes” someone.
I hope you enjoy her journey and I hope you can understand that, although I’m not a sculptor, the creativity comes and expresses itself through my hands- such a privilege!
Let your creativity flow!
Marian
She’s beautiful…and I love her evolutionary process of becoming! I wonder what you used in her eyes? Is it glaze? They are so sweet and bright blue!
Thanks! I used a tiny bit of blue glaze. It worked!
All the best,
Marian
Love seeing her and your growth. Very nice indeed!
Thanks! I’ve definitely improved- more to go!
All the best,
Marian