Jester Chest

I thought I would occasionally post pictures of things I have created that aren't currently on my website and aren't necessarily new.

This is a Jester Chest that I made for a dear friend of mine (that also happens to be an artist) for her 50th Birthday.

I found the chest in a catalog. I wanted to the Jester to be able to hold things in his hands so I created wire armatures for the hands and covered them with white cloth gloves. So that his arms would also be pose-able I used a beaded type armature.

He measures about 19" tall.

Abigail

Hello everyone!!
I have fallen behind on my posts and have resolved to do better in the coming weeks.

I'd like to introduce you to "Abigail". She is a special piece I created for my Mom. Since my Mom enjoys miniatures and Halloween I designed shelves in her skirt to be used for display. Abigail actually existed in my mind for about 2 years and it wasn't until now that had time to tackle creating her. I have to admit I couldn't be more thrilled with how she turned out!!!!

I hope you enjoy seeing some pictures of Abigail.

Abigail stands 30 1/2" tall to the top of her hat. Without her hat she is 25" tall.

Her skirt fabric is a sheer black with spiderwebs accented in glitter.
I used a black lining under her skirt. Here you can also see the shelving in her skirt.
I put miniature pumpkins in for the picture.

The embellishment at the neck of her blouse is a piece of antique black beaded embroidery accented with purple rhinestones.

Her spell book is handmade and is secured with a lock and chain.
The key can be found hanging from her waist - you can see the key in one of the above pictures.

She also holds a Halloween bucket full of gourds and berries.

She has smokey green glass eyes.