Sylph

Someone asked to see these and I wish I could get better pics, but, I can't with this camera. You wanted to know what kind of wax figures I'm making. I make these figures at night, I watch TV and I have to do something with my hands. I started this many years ago and I finish an average of one figure per month. The process is simple, folk artsy really, but, fairly long. I start with a mixture of salt, oil and blessed Moon water and I form the initial shape. Inside I hide something magical, a stone, herb, etc..something that has meaning to me. Then I dry that with heat, usually on top of the furnace. It takes a few days for it to get hard as concrete. After that I apply wax in layers, this can take another few days. The wax MUST be from a candle I have used in a ritual. The wings, that one has 6, are made with discarded burned cellophane, which really works. If you apply heat to cello, it works like a Shrinky Dink and becomes stiff, but, remains transparent. You can actually control the shape by controlled burning. Nothing is cut. More detail will be added to this one later, her arms will be poured, she will get tiny hands, beads, etc. Whatever I think of. You can click that top pic and see it better. Sorry, it's blurred.

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This one is a Slyph, an air spirit. I make mostly water spirits, Ondines, I am a water sign. Anyhow, these things are not meant to be art, they are not purdies to look at. They are offerings and in the last 10 years, I am proud to say, that my Ondines have been sent to net friends all over the world to be tossed into the worlds waters. So, my small offerings are at the bottom of nearly every major body of water on the planet Earth, and many, many smaller ones. If ALL the Elementals didn't know me before, I think they do now. It is my way of showing respect. And there's a tiny bit of immortality in there too.