For Halloween 2012 I started thinking about this costume in August. In October I gradually sewed and assembled all the parts, got the drywall stilts a week before (to practice walking in them) and it came together minutes before Halloween weekend. What fun! This costume is the most fun of any I have created, and people said that it added ambiance to the parties we were at.
The "Scary Tree" costume was invited to a classroom at a local school, where approximately 15 brave three-year-old children learned how it was made and saw me putting in on in steps. They affirmed along the way, "I'm not scared!!!"
Little skull ornaments for the headdress and bodysuit. I shaped these out of Sculpey and then painted them.
The costume including the headdress stands almost 10 feet tall, with the arm extension "branches" reaching a span of almost 10 feet as well. Ghost hunters might notice the strange orb which did not show up in any other of the many photos that were taken from the same angle with flash.
Dressed up as "Painters for Hire" at the IMBA show, 2007
To contact me phone (608)215-5200 or email: saralicht@yahoo.com , subject line: art&horses.
Some of my art and the Van Gogh Mural can be found atVernon Creek Gallery of Art, my next door neighbor. The best reason to stop in to that gallery is to see the gorgeous works in clay, made by Matt VanSusteren and other ceramic artists. To see the Gallery website click here.
You can see a variety of my art in a beautiful gallery called Absolutely Art in Madison Wisconsin. They are selling my mobiles, cards, ceramic horse head figurines, horse paintings, ceramic sheep ornaments, and paper-mache sculpture. http://www.absolutelyartllc.com
I had a "portrait DVD" of my two horse friends, Rainy and Rowdy made by Requisite Variety in July 2007. Rowdy does some tricks and Rainy paints a painting, and Requisite Variety did excellent work filming and editing it all together. http://requisite-variety.com/main2/portfolio.html to see a clip of this video. Thankyou, Requisite Variety! You can now also see clips of the DVD in my blog. Look in the May archives after "Diesel the Mule Early Training."
For Halloween 2012 I started thinking about this costume in August. In October I gradually sewed and assembled all the parts, got the drywall stilts a week before (to practice walking in them) and it came together minutes before Halloween weekend. What fun! This costume is the most fun of any I have created, and people said that it added ambiance to the parties we were at. 
The costume including the headdress stands almost 10 feet tall, with the arm extension "branches" reaching a span of almost 10 feet as well. Ghost hunters might notice the strange orb which did not show up in any other of the many photos that were taken from the same angle with flash.
