And Greenman 2

Posted on December 6, 2024 by mimik

He has the same vine fabric for his skin, but different hair, belt, and boots.

And even closer-

Greenman #2 took a field trip!

Posted on February 3, 2022 by mimik

Yesterday I went to one of my favorite places to get a quick tropical vacation- Logee’s. Since I needed to photograph my greenman, I decided to bring him to the greenest place I know of in February.

This is #2, the newer one-

And here are the rest of his photos-

This is what followed us home from Logee’s :-) I am setting up an IKEA cabinet greenhouse (check them out! https://www.instagram.com/ikeagreenhousecabinet) and hoping to be able to keep these begonias alive. The plants and the cabinet have been a huge distraction- I am obsessed! I will post photos when it is all set up.

Greenman for January

Posted on January 31, 2022 by mimik

I am noticing that the days are getting longer. Spring will come eventually!

I had to try one of the merman beards on him.

And another special button.

Greenman for Summer

Posted on July 27, 2021 by mimik

Greenman with an embroidered leafy beard. He is the perfect symbol for the extremely wet July we’ve had here in the Boston area.

Bird and vine tattoos.

Greenman 2.0

Posted on June 5, 2020 by mimik

What a week, what a crazy time we are living in. I am having a very hard time pulling myself away from the news which isn’t helping my anxiety or getting any work done. I think most of us white ladies are trying to figure out ways we can do better and that, for me at least, has involved a lot of reading, listening (mostly on Twitter), and no chiming in of my opinions. As a result I haven’t been posting on the social medias. #Black Lives Matter. I’ve got some things to show you now so I will try to get things back on track.

I made 2 green men dolls in December. One went off to a new home but the other just sat in my shop and every time I looked at it, I could only think that I didn’t like those eyebrows! So, I changed them. I almost never do that- I can think of maybe 2 other times in all my doll-making years? Anyway, I think he looks much better now and he is back in my shop.

I have mostly been working on Lumberjacks.

I will have a finished one to show tomorrow.

Greenman 2

Posted on December 5, 2019 by mimik

This fellow has much woodsier tattoos. Both of these Greenmen were cut from the same fabric. It is all about choosing which images go where.

Here is the real life, behind-the-scenes, photo-making yesterday. I’ve got to make it work after 3 days of wet and snowy weather! I will put these fellows into my etsy shop later today.

Greenman 1

Posted on December 4, 2019 by mimik

This Greenman’s tattoos are of a Stag hunt- maybe not the most appropriate imagery for a nature spirit? Oh well, I am going to imagine that the stag escape and lived to a ripe old age.