She Lives!

I love old monster movies, Dracula, of course, being my favorite, but I've always had a soft spot for Frankenstein and his bride.  It's probably no coincidence that the two I love the most also have corresponding books.  If only there had been a classic Wolfman novel it would be a perfect trinity.   Someone suggested I may want to do a Bride of Frankenstein shadow box and the idea took hold.  The thought of sculpting that iconic hair was too much to resist.  So I created this beauty.

I tried a new technique to create the stone wall and floor.  I like how it turned out, but it's a bit time consuming.  She sold the same day she was listed.  I've had a request for a custom shadow box with another Bride.  This one is going to be humorous which will be different for me.

I've been doing some Spring cleaning in the workshop this week.  When it comes to items that I may use in my artwork I am a total hoarder.  I will keep the most random things because some day I may need it to fabricate something in one of my miniature dioramas or use it to decorate a box.  I bought a new storage bin with lots of small clear drawers so I can see what I have now.  So now I'm inspired to start using pieces in new creations.  Plus I found the most amazing yard sale.  The woman was a doll collector and she was selling off extra stuff.  I got a victorian reproduction doll from the 60's, a German doll with unstuffed body and porcelain arms and head from the 1800's, random doll heads and legs, and all kinds of miniature teacups and saucers.  There is definitely going to be some creepy doll projects happening.  Here's a picture of my haul.

I did get some actual work done last week.  I finished a new jewelry box with this great paper I found recently, funeral coaches and distressed lace.

I also finished a Poe shadow box I've been working on.  I found a new technique to make my clay candles look like the are bleeding but also keep that melted wax look.  

This week I'm working on a miniature cemetery for a tiny shadow box frame I found recently.  Time to bust out the clay and start making teeny tiny gravestones. 

I started a new shadow box thinking I was going to do something along the lines of a Victorian parlor with a mourning skeleton.  But midway through making the skeleton's dress she decided she was a witch.  So I switched gears and went with Miss Witch's parlor.

 So here she is all ready to be a proper Victorian lady in mourning when the compulsion hits and this happens

Once she went there I had to create a creepy home for her.  

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