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Friday, September 19, 2014

A Beautiful Trio Of Mixed Media Victorian Collage Art Dolls - Meet Catherine, Chelsea, and Camille



Three of the mixed media Victorian collage art dolls I made recently were a trio of sisters that I named Catherine, Chelsea, and Camille.


Catherine - 2 3/4" x 5 1/2" x 14 1/2" Handmade Mixed Media Victorian Collage Art Doll 

Catherine, Chelsea, and Camille are a trio of sisters who are always competing with each other. Who is the smartest, who is the prettiest, who is the most dignified, who has the most handsome beau. You name it. They compete over it.

Catherine is a 2 3/4" x 5 1/2" x 14 1/2" mixed media Victorian wood doll with a paper face, sponge painted wood body, paper collage and embellished outfit. Her sides and back are sponge painted and her outfit is an embellished black and white paper collage adorned with white trim around her neck. Her paper collage dress has a two layer center band adorned with pearl dot, lace and ribbon trim and a beautiful pearl and silk ribbon flower decoration. Her waistband is two layers and is adorned with a lace trim and raised red dots.  Her dress skirt is four layers and adorned with beautiful black decorative braid trim. A beautiful white crocheted shawl with black decorative fringe trim is wrapped around her shoulders and adorned with a black silk floral with white pearls. Her brown thick alpaca yarn hair from Rock Garden Alpacas Fiber is wrapped in a bun and adorned with beautiful white crocheted trim. Black and white ribbon is wrapped around her sponge painted wooden base. A colorful 6 silk floral bouquet adds charm to both the front and back of her base.



 Chelsea - 2 3/4" x 5 1/2" x 14 1/2" Handmade Mixed Media Victorian Collage Art Doll 

Chelsea, Catherine, and Camille are a trio of sisters who are always competing with each other. Who is the smartest, who is the prettiest, who is the most dignified, who has the most handsome beau. You name it. They compete over it.

Chelsea is a 2 3/4" x 5 1/2" x 14 1/2" mixed media Victorian wood doll with a paper face, sponge painted wood body, paper collage and embellished outfit. Her sides and back are sponge painted and her outfit is an embellished paper collage adorned with white trim around her neck. Her paper collage dress has a three layer center band adorned with black raised dots and green raised dots. Her waistband is three layers and is adorned with raised green dots.  Her dress skirt is five layers and adorned with green raised dots.  Her hands are paper gloved and her dress sleeves are adorned with raised green dots.  A beautiful cream colored lace shawl with floral ribbon decorative  trim is wrapped around her shoulders and adorned with a large crocheted pendant with white pearl. Her brown thick alpaca yarn hair from Rock Garden Alpacas Fiber is wrapped in a bun and adorned with light green pearl and lace trim. Green and white ribbon is wrapped around her sponge painted wooden base. A colorful 6 silk floral bouquet adds charm to both the front and back of her base.



 Camille - 2 3/4" x 5 1/2" x 14 1/2" Handmade Mixed Media Victorian Collage Art Doll 

Camille, Chelsea, and Catherine are a trio of sisters who are always competing with each other. Who is the smartest, who is the prettiest, who is the most dignified, who has the most handsome beau. You name it. They compete over it.

Camille is a 2 3/4" x 5 1/2" x 14 1/2" mixed media Victorian wood doll with a paper face, sponge painted wood body, paper collage and embellished outfit. Her sides and back are sponge painted and her outfit is an embellished paper collage adorned with white trim around her neck. Her paper collage dress has a two layer center band adorned with blue raised dots and white silk ribbon flowers with white pearls. Her collage dress has a raised paper waistband.  Her dress skirt is four layers and adorned with blue raised dots.  Her hands are paper gloved and her dress sleeves are adorned with raised blue dots.  A beautiful white crocheted lace shawl with green decorative  fringe trim is wrapped around her shoulders and adorned with a large white silk floral with white pearl center cluster. Her gray thick alpaca yarn hair from Rock Garden Alpacas Fiber is wrapped in a bun and adorned with beautiful white decorative lace trim. Teal blue and white ribbon is wrapped around her sponge painted wooden base. A colorful 6 silk floral bouquet adds charm to both the front and back of her base.

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