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October 2009 
Smile! It improves your face value.
Posted on Jun 19th, 2009
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Jw
Jw
Once a month I get together with a group of local artists. We eat, talk and support each other's artistic endeavors. Last week we got together at Leata Judd's house. She and her husband Tom live off the beaten track and they have been there for a while.
When Leata gives directions she says, "You'll know you have arrived when you begin to see the faces on the trees." Miraculously I did not get any pictures of the faces on the trees, but I took pictures of many other faces. I wonder if Leata might get a bit lonely in the winter, thus her the focus on faces.
It was so much fun to wander around her place looking at her work. The following are some of the pictures that I did take. I would like to share them because Leata, who is a paper mache artist and sculptor, is such a special person with a wonderful sense of humor. I hope you enjoy them.
All these sculptures are © Leata Judd.
When Leata gives directions she says, "You'll know you have arrived when you begin to see the faces on the trees." Miraculously I did not get any pictures of the faces on the trees, but I took pictures of many other faces. I wonder if Leata might get a bit lonely in the winter, thus her the focus on faces.
It was so much fun to wander around her place looking at her work. The following are some of the pictures that I did take. I would like to share them because Leata, who is a paper mache artist and sculptor, is such a special person with a wonderful sense of humor. I hope you enjoy them.
Leata
Smiley Lamp w/ Blue Buddy in His Brain!
No Evil
Smiley Pot
A Wall of Sculpture
Dance!
All these sculptures are © Leata Judd.
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I love her work…. does she have a website?
Funky stuff. The shine on her face says it all, doesn't it? The other day I had a hand-build bowl which was closer to bone-dry than leather hard. I was going to recycle it, but started incising it instead. It ended up looking like a tree trunk. I shall post it some time in July. Trees and faces are very inspirational… . and it's interesting when we age how we start looking more and more like them.
what a beautiful face she has. I love the handmade chair and the green sculpture with the face and the crown of branchy antlers.
How lovely! Thank you for sharing your friend and her playful work. Truly a holy woman in a holy place! …the part about seeing the faces in the trees reminds me of the fairy tales where a place is magical, but the protagonist must earn the state of mind that is able to see the faces. So. If you ain't seen 'em yet, then you gotta go back and play until you do! :)
Unfortunately, Maze, Leata does not own a computer and has no website. I kid her about being digitally homeless.