Size:

height: 32.5 inches
width: 6.5 inches
cranes: 3/4"

Materials:

paper cranes and flowers
wire
natural vine
gold delica beads
styrofoam
airdry clay
acrylic paint
acrylic disc
acid free craft glue
metallic embroidery thread
low melt glue
monofilament

Description:

A goal setting doll, the Daruma has two white eyeballs when purchased. You set a goal in your mind and color one eyeball in black. Next you set him where you’ll see him each day. The plain white eyeball reminds you that you haven’t reached your goal. When you have accomplished your goal you color the other white eyeball in black and his job is done.

While usually made of paper mache I chose to construct mine of air dry clay over a carved Styrofoam base to make it lighter than a traditional model. Unfortunately the color of the red clay was too blue of a red so it had to be hand painted a brighter and more vibrant orange red after it had  dried. 

The detail work on his face was all hand-painted as well. I will confess it had been well over a decade since I’d done detail paintwork so was glad it is apparently like riding a bicycle in that you don’t forget how.

The platform the Daruma sits upon is a clear acrylic disc I covered in washi origami paper. Each strand of cranes is suspended by a metallic thread attached to a single gold seed bead which I left visible on the top of the disc. 

The red flowers are also origami comprised of three sheets of paper each that are fastened together. I then added small gold seed beads glued to the tips of thing pieces of doubled gold origami paper to create the stamens.
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