‘IREENA’ – Mermaid
Ireena is my second gentle, pastel colored mermaid. She was created to bring calm and repose into your environment. Floating effortlessly above a sea bed of natural crystals, Ireena imbues a sense of fun and peaceful quietness as she gazes through her green glass eyes cheekily at you.
Her head dress and pectoral fins delicately colored in shimmering purple tones and are inspired by sea feathers. She adorned with natural pearls, crystals, and glistening Japanese glass seed beads. Her tail is made from mulberry paper to create a fine yet shapely, floating effect and her white hair is from angora which has been embedded with more glass beads.
‘ANNAMEILE’ – Mermaid
Annameile is a wonderfully gentle, pastel colored mermaid. She is holding her treasure egg, a glowing neon crucible wrapped in silk gauze. This lovely mermaid specimen lives among the kelp forests of the Tasmanian coastline, her beautiful colors gently ebb from green to blue hues, and her kelp-like hair blends into her surrounds.
The magical crucible she carries glows at night a beautiful neon green. Annameile is mounted on a hardwood timber block and made using air-dry stone clay, cold porcelain with additional decorative elements using mulberry paper and silk gauze. Annameile is an entirely one-of-a-kind creature, never to be repeated, all hand made and sculpted over a strong wire armature.
This sculpture is 44cm high x 20cm wide and 20cm deep.
Narnargon – a flowery wood sprite
Narnargon is such a gentle earthy creature. She blends seamlessly into the paperbark trees and white ghost gums as she scurries about collecting native pink flowers for her collection. Covered in tea-tree flowers and carrying gum blossoms .. little butterflies follow this pretty gemmed wood sprite throughout the day.
Narnargon is mounted on a naturally shed deer antler and made using air-dry stone clay, cold porcelain with additional decorative elements of mulberry paper and Czech glass beads. Narnargon is an entirely one-of-a-kind creature, never to be repeated, all hand made and sculpted over a strong wire armature.
This sculpture is 40cm high to the top of her hair, the deer antler is 30cm wide and 25cm deep.
‘Abika Ladibird’
Abika's a childhood favorite of mine … the colorful ladybird beetle. Today it reminds me of the 1960s swinging ponchos, mini dresses and that vivid wonderful ladybird orange.
Abika’s cape is hand-dyed hemp/silk fabric trimmed with mink fur, silk ribbon and glass beads. Her wings are digitally printed and beaded organza which can be opened into different positions; both the cape and wings are removable leaving this stunning modelesque insect in a glistening bronze mini dress. Made with air-dry & apoxie clay, alpaca hair and glass eyes.
Abika’s cape is hand-dyed hemp/silk fabric trimmed with mink fur, silk ribbon and glass beads. Her wings are digitally printed and beaded organza which can be opened into different positions; both the cape and wings are removable leaving this stunning modelesque insect in a glistening bronze mini dress. Made with air-dry & apoxie clay, alpaca hair and glass eyes.
36cm high, 12 cm x 8 cm wide, free standing sculpture
'Chyrsolina Beetlejuice'
In image of my mum Irene
Chrysolina beetles have always amazed me due to the amazing way nature creates bright iridisation and metallic effects. I wanted to capture the blue shell of the chrysolina into my own art-doll.
This blue beetle is made with air-dry paper clay and worbla. Her shell is a striking iridised blue covered in flowers, insects, leaves dripping with Swarovski gems and beads. Her inner wings are hand painted silk which has been beaded with Japanese glass beads, and her bodysuit is a shimmering black stretch velvet topped by a mink collar. With blue glass eyes and a grey angora cropped hairstyle, Chyrsolina Beetlejuice is accessorised with ball-joint doll shoes by Ursi, a blue vintage cross necklace and my own crafted silver leather hand bag.
39cm high, 10×10 cm long
‘Queen Bebebelle’
This Queen captures of all those wonderful fairytale princesses twirling at the ball. As the Queen Bee she is among her hive and reveling in her amazing honey colored life.
This Queen bee is made with air-dry paper clay and cold porcelain clay. Her skirt is lined with mulberry paper, sculpted bees and hand dyed silk; her black velvet vest is beaded and trimmed in hand colored lace, silk and vintage flowers. With glass eyes and an angora beehive hairstyle, she glides on her ballet heels and is adorned with flowers and Swarovski crystals.
40cm high, 12×12 cm long
‘Madame S. Caterpillar’
Madame S. was inspired by the Saturnia Emperor Gum moths we have here and also found around the world. I loved how the bright green bodies of these caterpillars are spotted with bead-like ornaments of bright blue! However only one sub-human caterpillar comes to mind, Absolem from Alice in Wonderland, the fantastical hookah smoking character which Alice bumps into. Madame S. Caterpillar is an extension of this personality – bored with life, encrusted with personal riches, and assessing the little Alice as a droll child.
I have made this fixed doll-like sculpture with air-dry paper clay, glass eyes, hand dyed raw silk cloak trimmed with dyed and beaded mink fur trim. Her body and cloak is decorated in wonderful creatures, colorful Czech glass beads and finished with nice shiny things like Swarovski crystals. The hookah is a tiny Egyptian glass perfume bottle with a hand-made brass pipe; the coat is removable.
36cm high, 12 cm long
‘When I Grow Up’
‘When I Grow Up’ was a reminder that no matter how old we are, there are still things we are searching for, or to do in our lives. This sculpt expresses the sentiment that age is no barrier to finding yourself or fulfilling your dreams.
Size: 44 cm high, 19 x 10 cm timber base. Made with air dry, cold porcelain and apoxie clays, felted wool teddy bear, mohair doll wig, glass eyes on a natural timber base.
