Guardian Harpy

Originally I started working on her to enter a guardian angel contest, but didn't get her finished in time to send her in.

She is cotton fabric, stuffed and with a wire armature which makes her arms pose-able. She is peyote stitch beaded up to the knees on both legs. Her body, neck and head are all beaded with regular bead embrodery stitches. I've wrapped soft eyelash yarn around her thighs and her shoulders. Her face is polymer clay with mica powders.
Her hair is black chenille yarn. I used two different feather trims to make her wings.

If she stood straight up she would be about 15" tall.

She took about two months to come into being.