Boobs!
New porcelain doll in progress
You've probably noticed that I've been missing from the internet lately. It's because I've been stuck in home renovations purgatory for the last year.
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I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!- Marina
Read MoreMadame de Pompadour's 3rd Video
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The third video of Madame de Pompadour being created. After seeing the doll be engraved, and the tattoos filled with ink, it is time for Madame P to open her eyes.
Read MoreMadame P Auction is live!
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The auction is live: http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/332049437633It will run for 5 days as 4 days was not an option. The ending will be Monday, 4:50PM PST (GMT -8)
Ebay Auction Around the Corner
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The Madame de Pompadour Ebay auction is almost here (Nov 30-Dec 3) and if you are planning on bidding it's a good idea to make sure your account is ready.
Read MoreColouring Inside the Lines
Here's the second video in Madame de Pompadour's creation series, showing how her tattoos got their colours.
Music: Music: IV. Vivace by Gavin Gamboa
You can view the video in HD on vimeo
The making of Pink Chair
...For Madame de Pompadour. This chair is included in the upcoming auction of Madame de Pompadour Nov 30th-Dec 1st. Check out how I made it.
Engraving Madame de Pompadour
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The first short video showing the engraving process for Madame de Pompadour's complex tattoos.
Read MoreTwo weeks to ebay auction!
Madame de Pompadour is probably my most photogenic creation. This lovely creature doesn't seem to have a bad angle or a pose. The camera loves her! It was a joy to photograph her. Here is what her back looks like.
The weird thing is that I didn't find the wasp nest until just a couple of weeks ago, while the queen-bee tattoo was conceived and engraved months ago. It was a very fortunate chance find, that suits the theme of the doll perfectly. Opportunities present themselves when we are open to them!
A film about the making of this doll is coming up next. The auction starts on November 30th.
Three weeks to the auction of....
Three weeks to the auction this doll! The lovely Madame de Pompadour!
Read MoreRose Pompadour
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Madame de Pompadour is remembered today primarily for being a chief mistress and a life-long companion to the King Louis the 15th of France, but she was also a truly remarkable, influential, and accomplished woman in her own right
Read MoreNew Porcelain Doll Auction!
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Hey-ya everybody! Oh boy, I sure missed you guys! It's been six months since my last blogging.I'm finally back with a long-awaited, new porcelain doll!
Read MoreEnchanted Doll in the News!
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Hey hey Enchanted Doll enthusiasts! Tune into CBC News Arts segment on Sunday to watch a 5 minute special on Enchanted Doll!
Read MoreThe Chosen Ones
The question I get asked a lot is whether it's difficult for me to part with my dolls when I sell them. The answer is no.
Read MoreMarch 8th - International Women's Day!
I wish for all of my fellow women to be loved, appreciated and honoured by the men of the world all year round, but especially on this day dedicated to us.
Read MoreMadame de Pompadour Face Painting
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I wanted to begin this post by thanking you guys for all your emotional support and good vibes in my post-surgery recovery. Your concern is like a pain-killer for my busted knee. Thank you for being there for me. I feel so lucky to have your love.
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From time to time I have the pleasure of repairing a broken porcelain part, but this week I had to get repaired, because I broke myself!
Porcelain legs and Real legs
I had arthroscopic knee surgery, and at such an inopportune time too, because I only have 48 hours left to finish Madame de Pompadour's photoshoot. She needs to ship out to Hong Kong on Monday. I know I should feel more stressed out, panicked even, about being incapacitated right before a hard deadline, but as it turns out the pain meds they have me on are pretty strong, so all I can muster is a mild, detached concern. I hope I don't have a heart attack tomorrow once my meds wear off and I can grasp the concept of time again.
The good news is that I've been discharged from the hospital to recover at home, so all is not lost yet. I'll direct the photoshoot from the wheel chair - Frida Khalo style. If she could make art and attend her show opening from her own bed, I can certainly manage to take some pictures from a chair, with a few stitches in my knee.
I have a feeling it's all going work out OK. But then again, it might be just the meds talking. We'll see Tuesday.
China-painting Madame de Pompadour doll - 12 firings and counting!
This doll is some piece of work....and not in the most positive way right now. She's been trying my skills and pushing the outer boundaries of my patience
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