Or raven or bat -maybe something new.
Underneath are some old wallpaper scraps I got at the flea market last week.
The bodice has lots of wonderful hand stitching inside and it has great black glass buttons. Speaking of buttons -an almost finished owl with very fancy antique button eyes.
I came across this strange plant a couple weeks ago in a forest in RI – I’d love to know what it is.
*check the comments for name info – they are called ghost pipes and some other great names.
The plant is: Ghost Pipe (formerly Indian pipe); perennial; also known as American Iceplant, Bird’s nest, Broomrape, Convulsion root, Convulsion weed, Corpse plant, Death plant, Fairy smoke, Ghost flower, Iceplant, One-flowered waxplant, Ova ova, Pipe plant, and Waxplant.
Very enchanting-looking!
That plant looks like it could be the inspiration for something in the future! It is a stunning sculpture.
The plant looks like something out of a Dr Seuss book. It’s strange, mysteriously and scarily beautiful at the same time. Ghost pipe is and all its alter-names are so fitting.
Yes! I love Ghost Pipe too! They are all great names- Thank you Elizabeth.
look forward to seeing the transformation of the bodice, in your hands I imagine it will be stunning!
I thought for a minute there that it was one of your own constructions out of paper or fabric!
I can’t wait to see what comes of that shirt and her lovely buttons.
As for the plant, it looks like The Ghost of Tulips Past.
That shirt would also make a great cormorant – the shape as you laid it out looks like one!
http://www.bendweekly.com/files/cormorant_infestation_16.jpg
Wow, I just love seeing your work in progress, it really is wonderful! You are so talented! And the Ghost pipes are amazing, I’ve never seen them before!
Ciao!
I love that plant! And everything else, but that plant is amazing! I know we don’t have anything like that around here…
Indian Pipe, Ghost Pipe — I vote for Ghost of Tulips Past.
I love the owl – I’m inspired.
Okay..not sure which is more awesome: The shirt, the owl, or those amazing flowers!!
I really love your owl, and these plants are wonderful. I think your picture too…
this wonderful plant, Indian Pipe or Ghost Plant, is a non-photosynthesizing plant but it is a flower. Most people mistake it for a fungus b/c of the lack of pigment. Finding the plant is a good indication of a rich wooded area. What a delightful find!
Are you a Rhode Islander?
Native Americans and early seattlers used the ghost plant/indian pipe/corpse plant in several ways.
The sap was used as an ointment for eye problems and a tinture of the root is used for convulsions/spasms and is also anti-pain to some degree like an asprin.