Rocking Christmas

Christmas is fast approaching and it has been a busy year at Troutman Originals. 

I only have a few Santas remaining for this Holiday Season.

Featured here is "Rocking Christmas"

A 16" One-of-a-Kind Santa, reminiscent of a Country Christmas, dressed appropriately in a red and white plaid shirt, peppermint candy print vest lined with a green star fabric and green suede trousers. His red hat and black boots are trimmed with white faux fur. While seated on a rocking horse with a crackled finish, he holds a stocking, candy cane, teddy bear, and nutcracker. The base of the rocking horse is decorated with additional toys and greenery.

CLICK HERE for additional photos and more information.

2015 - A look back!

Yes, I am the first to admit I have once again neglected my blog!!!! I can't believe my last post was in 2013...

Moving forward, I will have regular posts throughout 2016 including pictures of Santas-in-progress, my studio and more - so don't give up on me!!!!

I created a short YouTube video of my 2015 Santas. I hope you enjoy watching it!!!

Most of these Santas never made it to my website. To get a sneak peek at Santas in 2016 be sure to sign up for my Troutman Originals Collectors Preview Newsletter by CLICKING HERE or on the CONTACT page of my website.

I hope that everyone has a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!!

"Santa's Magical Sleigh"

Just finished and photographed!!

This is my last Santa for 2013. I will be shipping him to his new home next week.

Overall dimensions of the piece are 18" long x 16" high x 8" wide. The Santa is about 14" if he were standing. He is dressed in gold with ivory accents. Some of the special touches are the antique mother of pearl buckle and antique lace on the sleeves of his shirt. The pearl embellished fabric that I used for his vest has been in my stash for some time waiting for the right piece to use it on and at $40 a yard (I only bought 1/2 a yard) I know why!

I only have a few Santas left for this year. You can see them on the "Santas Available for 2013" page of my Troutman Originals website.

I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Holiday Season and a Healthy Happy New Year!

Shadow Box Santa

I've been wanting to do a Santa that could hang on the wall for some time and really had fun creating this piece for this year!

The outside dimensions of the frame are approximately 18" x 18".
This piece is a one-of-a-kind and is still available, contact me if you are interested or would like additional information.

Thanks for looking!

Diane

New Wreaths

I have several new wreaths for this year.

Each wreath measures approximately 24″. Santa faces measure approximately 12″ from the top of the hat to the bottom of the beard. Glass eyes and eyelashes add to realism.

Each wreath is a one-of-a-kind and comes with hard plastic storage case and wreath hanger.

Green & Gold Wreath
(Available at Some Things Looming)

Gold & White Wreath
(Available at Some Things Looming)

Red & White Wreath
(SOLD)

Happy Thanksgiving

Once again, I haven't been very good at posting this year!!

I am going to do my best to post new work over the next few days. To start with, here is "Christmas Gifts" that is available at the Mole Hole in Carmel, CA. He stands nearly 35" tall. The tallest standing Santa I have made to date!

I hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Diane

Happy New Year

I hope everyone had a wonder Christmas and is looking forward to 2011.

I didn't do very good at posting in December - hopefully I will do better in 2011.

I decided to change up my blog. I hope you like the "new look". I have also added an email subscription option. When you sign up you will automatically receive notifications of new posts which will mean you will be one of the first to see what I have been up to.

Check back often to see my latest creations!!!

I thought I would share a Santa Tree Topper that I created for a collector late last year. He is approximately 16" tall.

Jester Cone Ornament

As promised I'm going to try to post more often.

I wanted to share a special Jester Container Ornament I created for someone that saw my Santa Container Ornaments on my website. I chose violet eyes for the jester and used violet velvet fabric for the outside of the cone. The inside is lined with gold satin fabric. His collar is made up of a variety of fabrics and ribbons. I just love the way he turned out. He measures about 16" from the top of his hat to the bottom of his beaded tassel. He will adorn a Mardi Gras Tree this year!

New - 18" Trunk Santa

I also just finished an 18" Trunk Santa. This Santa has green eyes and is dressed in a tapestry vest, gold shirt and green velvet pants. The toys are not permanently attached so they can be rearranged.

Still Available

New 14" Trunk Santa

Just finished - a 14" Santa seated in a trunk. I added a music box that plays "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas". The toys are not permanently attached so they can be rearranged.

SOLD

Sneak Peak

Once again this year I will be at The Village Artisans in Boiling Springs, PA for their Holiday Open House on Sunday, December 5th. Stop by between noon and 4pm and watch as demonstrate how I sculpt a Santa head.

I created a special limited edition Spindle Santa Ornament for the Open House. He measures 8" from the top of his hat to the bottom of the spindle. I cast the head in resin myself from my original sculpt. His eyes are hand painted and he has a burgundy hat with real mink fur trim and a burgundy collar.

Only 1o are available.

New Wreaths!!!

I've created two new wreaths. The Santa faces on my wreaths are quite large. Before I add the bearding and hats they measure approximately 3"w x 5"h - after bearding they measure approximately 7"w x 12"h. The wreaths measure approximately 24" and come with a storage box and hanger.

Pictured below is a wreath in reds and the Santa has blue eyes.

SOLD


This wreath features burgundy's and the Santa as blue violet eyes.

STILL AVAILABLE

I created this wreath last year and it is still available.
Santa's hat is a sage green and he has green eyes. Crystal sprays, pine cones and gold/silver berries decorate the wreath.

SOLD

For more details about these three wreaths, please visit my website.

Posting Again

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!!!

Well it has been a long time since I have posted to my blog!!!!!!!!!

It isn't that I haven't been creating - I have - I just haven't made time to post... and how can I say it "life has gotten in the way" these past 6 months.

That being said I have three new Santas that I just got up on my website. They are all three currently available. To see additional images and find out more details click here.

I'm going to try to keep up with posting in the coming weeks!!!!

PS - some of you might have caught me on HGTV this week. They re-aired my segment on "That's Clever".

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.

Last Santas for 2009

Here are the last two Santas I created in 2009. Both were special orders.

Below is a 22" Trunk Santa I created for a long time collector.
She sent me her mink coat to use for the Santa's costume.

I created this special piece for a collector that
ordered it as a gift for his brother and sister-in-law.
They have three boys and also collect snowmen which
inspired me to create "Building Frosty".
The Santa is approximately 18" tall
and the elves are approximately 12" tall.
The base measures 9" x 24".