Figure Heads

     During our recent visit to the Mariner's Museum, the girls became quite intrigued with various figure heads that graced the boats. Their fascination turned to curiosity and thus began their research on these carved adornments.
     From their investigation, the girls discovered that with the advent of the clipper ship, with her graceful lines, figure heads blossomed, usually into a single figure.  Figures of women were more popular than men or animals and began to replace them almost exclusively.  Although women were thought to be unlucky on a ship, it was thought that a woman as a figure head could calm the seas. 

P*A*M were then challenged

 to recreate themselves as figure heads

 using their favorite painting 

of a figure head 

as inspiration.

                   Lovely work ladies!