New Doll
This glowing creature is Gisèle, she is one of my favourite custom orders from last year. The flower in her hair, is an antique 18k rose gold and glass-enamel pin, with a genuine diamond in the centre! Her delicate complexion beautifully captures the unique translucency of white porcelain. To achieve this look, I gradually built up her skin tone by blushing on several nearly transparent layers of China-paint between multiple kiln firings.
I really love antique glass enamel jewelry on gold, because of its’ resemblance to porcelain and china paint
Read MoreCinderella in gold 2024 was a special commission for a collector who loved the original 2009 closed limited edition. Her costuming is one of a kind, to differentiate her from the earlier edition doll.
Read MoreA collector asked me to create a custom Cinderella doll inspired by my limited 2009 Cinderella edition. I was reluctant to plagiarize myself, but wanted to fulfill my collector’s dream
Read MoreFinishing this porcelain beautify ‘Serenity’ for an eBay auction later this fall!
Read MoreEmpress Theodora was a truly remarkable, accomplished, influential and impressive woman. She is a Byzantine-age feminist icon, a progressive reformer, and a real life Cinderella story!
Read MoreAbandoning several months of work and starting over from scratch was a very hard decision to make, but it had to be done, sunk cost fallacy be damned!! I’ll talk more about why I made this decision in upcoming posts.
Stand by for more unveiling and enjoy!
“Reincarnation” crown on the White Peacock doll. I made and shot this piece a few months ago in grief and in celebration of the life, to get through a terrible and painful loss that I’ve been stuck in.
Read MoreMy last photo series of 2022, with my current work-in-progress doll, Theodora.
Read MoreThe Original head was painted after my Sapphire doll. After I dropped and fractured it, I took it as a sign
Read MoreA mournful photo series titled “Losing Self”. For one to be born, the first one had to die. Destruction is a form of creation.
Read MoreThe White Peacock is now SOLD. Her enormous white tattoo on a white porcelain body was quite a challenge to render, but I’m very proud of the result
Read MorePeacock Engraving Tattoo 1st layer down, 7 more to go! The dark is my base, and now I’m gonna start making it look real pretty! For my next firing layer I’m painting the skin tone in 2 shades of Lotus and Peaches, and introducing white highlights to the feathers to make the bird POP! She is a White Peacock Queen!
Onsen means “Hot Spring” in Japanese. It’s a two thousand year old wellness culture of bathhouses, communal soaking, leisure, socializing and hydrotherapy, all built around Japan’s volcanic geothermal springs.
Read MoreForest Bathing, also known as Forest Therapy or Shinrin-yoku, is an old Japanese wellness practice of spending time in a forest, to restore mental and physical health. Turns out there is a tangible scientific reason why being in nature makes us feel so good.
Read MoreThis dreamy forest creature is my latest porcelain doll, made for the upcoming annual doll auction. I’ve just completed her gown and captured these first images yesterday at sunset! This is her Onsen look! It means Hotspring.
Read MoreAt this stage of the process the porcelain is in a very fragile and soft state called Bisque
Read MoreChina painting in progress on the new porcelain ‘auction’ doll. This is layer 3, of the projected 10 China layers.
Read MorePlease help me decide which nude I should make for this auction: One with an Original body (left) or a Curvy body (right)?
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