Tea Rose on May 5th, 2009

I love seeing an ancient tradition, like marionettes, translated into modern culture like this. Poland-based Beatissima’s puppets are highly realistic art dolls with strings. They have funky, modern costumes and recognizable portrait faces. The thing that really surprised me was to realize how small they are. Most marionettes are around 35 inches tall, [...]

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Tea Rose on May 23rd, 2007

This is a hard entry to write. A good friend of mine passed away recently, and I would like to share her work with you. Elizabeth Jenkins had a background in theater costume and an amazing talent for drawing and sculpting portraiture. The pictures I’m sharing with you don’t reveal her amazing ability to sculpt [...]

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