The Art of Balance "Character Art Doll
With Marilyn Radzat, NIADA Member
Start Date: March 13, 2012
Class: The Art of Balance "Character Art Doll"
Instructor: Marilyn Radzat, NIADA
Cost: $45.00 - 4 Lessons
All Skill Levels
Marilyn Radzat Bio
The Fantasy Art of Marilyn Radzat
Marilyn Radzat has been creating art in the figure form for over 35 years. Using the body as the canvas, she transforms her handworked sculpted pieces with layers of fabric, nature's elements, mosaics and found objects. Marilyn's masterful skills in the art of assemblage adds her characteristic emphasis to the dimensional collage.
Featured in many fine galleries throughout the United States, and in the private collections of such well-known personalities as President and Mrs. Clinton, actress Demi Moore, author Anne Rice, entertainer Richard Simmons, director Ron Howard, to name but a few, Marilyn's pieces have been voted into the exclusive organization of doll artists, Niada: the National Insitute of American Doll Artists, a worldwide organization. Her works have been featured in many books and magazines.
Each piece stands as a one-of-a-kind collectable, unique and enchanting. The clays used range from low-fired, oil base clays to high fire porcelain. The fabrics used to create the costumes are vintage and antique pieces of silk velvets, rich brocades and other rare textiles.
"I am often called a Curator of Enchantment.
I feel that Enchantment offers, in her very essence, inspiration. It is that serendipitous coming together of the unexpected . . . a tiny orange mushroom on the forest floor, a circle of young redwood trees forming a cathedral space, a flash of silk caught by a branch . . . I believe in Enchantment in her highest form. Not as an escape from reality, but as a window into what is possible in that fertile and complex world of imagination."
Marilyn K Radzat, NIADA Member
The Art of Balance "Character Art Doll"
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Written instructions, along with over 200 color photos, will allow you to feel confidence and joy as you create your own version of "The Art of Balance".
In this 4 week class you will be witness to her complete creative process....how one step leads to another....how mistakes open doors for imagination.
You will be inspired in your own creative process by following the steps she provides, fueled by your choice of color, fabric, embellishments and materials.
"The Art of Balance" is a figure approximately 20" high.
Use your own idea for a sculpted head or take Marilyn's class in "Sculpting a Character Head" to make a face like the one she has created.
This class doesn't include those sculpting instructions, but it does include sculpting and painting instructions with photos, for the little elfen figure that rises from the hand of "The Art of Balance".
This class also includes:
Formation of a body rising out of a nautilus shell.
Creating a base and making a platform from a picture frame.
The layering of fabrics and embellishments.
Attaching head and arms.
Creating a head piece.
Finishing touches.
Special Offer: Take both
"Painting & Sculpting the Head and Hand" &
"The Art of Balance" Character
Art Doll Classes and recieve a $10.00 discount. Sign up for both classes today.
