“Ready for Halloween”

Paper mache pumpkin covered with quilt batting and quilted metallic ink-stained cotton Halloween print fabrics. Pumpkin sections are divided by multi-colored metallic yarn.  The face is sculpted from paper clay and painted with acrylic paints.  The stylized witch’s hat is made from metallic ink-stained and distressed fabric over a wire armature.  The leaves are made from various cotton fabrics, metallic ink-stained and wired to hold their shape.  Dried berries and plant stems further accent the hat.

23” H x 18” diameter

In private collection

Photograph by Robert Batey