Father Christmas... Vintage Photo Transfer

Father Christmas' face is made using the image from 

a vintage die cut card that I then manipulated using

a free photo website. His handsome beard is raw wool roving.

I transferred the photo to Osnaburg fabric, coffee stained everything in sight...

and then sewed and stuffed it.

He carries an image of a crow, as well as a bag of sticks.

He stands about 22 inches high... on a wooden, checker-board base.

He is embellished with some hand-sewn tags, a grapevine star

and several hang tags,

It's all about the details...

  Father Christmas (and his twin brother) can be found at the Artful Giving Show

at the Riverfront Renaissance Gallery in Millville, beginning November 16th!

Thank you for stopping by!  Blessings...Daryle

Mixed Media Angels…For Sale!

This is how they started out…

Each angel is a photo transfer of a Victorian cabinet card photograph (all but one, from my collection) on Osnaburg fabric.  Each one has a paper maché upper body with coffee stained fabrics and distressed wood and wire; standing just about 18" tall. 

Each one is signed and dated...

"Avery" 

Cost: $65.00 plus $10. shipping (continental US only)

Please drop me an e-mail on the postage stamp link at the right; if you would like more information!

"Elwood" 

Cost: $65.00 plus $10. shipping (continental US only)

Please drop me an e-mail on the postage stamp link at the right; if you would like more information!

"Lenora" 

SOLD… Thank You! 

Cost: $65.00 plus $10. shipping (continental US only)

Please drop me an e-mail on the postage stamp link at the right; if you would like more information!

"Hettie" 

Cost: $65.00 plus $10. shipping (continental US only)

Please drop me an e-mail on the postage stamp link at the right; if you would like more information!

Thank you so much… for stopping by! Daryle

Primitive St. Nick in His Army Issued Wool!

I love the process... 

A Styrofoam ball, some masking tape, a wood dowel, linen fabric, 

rubber stamps, black jasper beads, and paper clay!

My little other-worldly "alien" begins to take on a personality of his own. 

(love that smirk!)

A paper clay beard was a late add-on, after base-coating.

A little color and some dry-brushing...

Keep the layering coming... tone it down.

And throw in his Army issued wool blanket hooded coat...

His little lantern was made using a “candle” or “smoke graining” technique, 

which was popular between 1790 and 1890.

It has both the look and feel of aged metal... 

using nothing more than a brown grocery bag and white glue! 

Little red boots in a pile of shimmering German glass glitter snow...

What can I say?

Rusty bells and a paper clay heart... wool mittens too!

He stands 17 inches high... from the top of his rusty star hood

to the checkerboard, square-head nail and wire base.

Thank you for stopping by... Daryle

Ida P. the Pumpkin Keeper!

I recently have been exploring my primitive folk art roots...

Ida P. the Pumpkin Keeper is the result!

She is a one-of-a-kind grunge primitive doll.  She is a stately 21 inches long when hanging... or she's happy to just sit on the mantle.

Her eyes are black quartz (miss-sized) beads, she has an Osnaburg body that is coffee, vanilla and cinnamon stained; with applied decorative tissue papers to her legs and upper body.  Theatre gauze, linen and cotton clothing.

Did you notice the little seed packet tucked away in her apron pocket? 

She is signed & dated   

Cost: $65. SOLD…she has found a new home Thank you!

(includes shipping within the continental US)

Send me an e-mail if you're interested in giving Ida a new home!

Blessings... Daryle

Forlorn Faerie!

Well… it's been far too long in the coming…

a new post!

Retirement and moving (albeit only 1/2 mile)

have preoccupied my thoughts, time and energy

these past eight months!

Between packing boxes, unpacking boxes…

Downsizing (from a four bedroom house)

to a two bedroom apartment…

Well, Katie and I find ourselves in a good place!

In a word: Blessed!

Forlorn Faerie will be part of a special show:

"Midsummer Night's Dream"

opening this coming Friday, August 17th

at the Riverfront Renaissance Center for Art! 

(He will join "Butterfly Boy"…) 

Forlorn is a (vintage) photo transfer

on Osnaburg fabric, embellished with

theatre gauze, muslin, vintage buttons

and a skeleton key.

You would think he could have smiled for the camera!