Abigail's Dream Adventures

In this troubling time of virus worry I am staying safe and inside as much as possible.  I was contacted by Karen E. Franks, an author, that lives in Bermuda to make wooly critters to bring her children's story characters to life.  I gladly accepted the challenge.

Karen's book (Abigail's Dream Adventures) feature a little girl who dreams of wonderful adventures with close friends whenever she falls asleep.  The four main characters are:

Abigail
Agatha (french Canadian, red hair, blue eyes)
Pearl (Blonde girl )
Troy (a boy that loves to colour graffiti with crayons)

Here are some illustrations in her story:

I made the four main characters using wool sweaters that I felted in the washing machine and then cut and made into adorable children dressed as animals. I loved the results:

First is Abigail, dressed as a kitten fairy with her pet unicorn, of course:

Next is one of her best friends, Pearl, the little blonde haired girl dressed as a squirrel with her pet kitty:

Next is Agatha, a french Canadian girl with red hair and blue eyes. I dressed her as a frog with her pet dog (her dog is shown in the book as her companion):

Finally, there is Troy, a fun loving, crayon carrying boy dressed as a mischievous monkey:
Troy carries his crayons anywhere he goes and a wee frog tags along with him,

I am happy to report that Karen loved my rendition of her sweet characters and we are waiting for this mess to clear before I send her the sweet darlings.

Stay safe, stay indoors and this too shall pass my friends!

Natural Connections Art Show

Natural Connections Art Show-CANCELLED due to virus

• May 1-7, 2020 at ArtSea Gallery at the Tullista Park building in Sidney BC 
• (10am to 7pm)
• A group of seven of us will have our works for sale
• There is a potter, a collage artist, a paper artist, a watercolour artist and a polymer clay artist and me of course as the figurative sculpture artist

Here is a steak preview of one of my creations that will be at the show:

I made her using Arley Berryhill's collage mermaid pattern.  The body was made using a woven white coloured fabric and then dyed using fabric paints. 

She is sitting on a candle stick which I weighted at the base with real shells, attaching them with celluclay.

The fabric is an embroidered silk with pearly buttons that I sewed on the inner tentacles.

 I enjoyed making Oceania, Octavia and hope she will be well received at the upcoming show.

I hope that if you live in the Greater Victoria Area on southern Vancouver Island, you will come and visit us this May.