DOLL HOUSE

She was obsessed with the dollhouse. Nothing, but nothing else would hold her interest.

NB: New “In the  house” series : 1 of 9.

SOLD (at the Teeny Tiny Art Show)

The ephemera : original vintage dictionary page ( with cool definitions like guillotine, gullible, guinea pig, guile and guardian ) ; snippet of a vintage calling card; vintage photo of solemn girl and doll; decorative victorian motif; original French stamp of general de Gaulle; photo of odd house number from fantan alley in Victoria, BC.

The found objects: german frozen charlotte doll

Size: 3.5 inches x 12 inches x 1 inch on house shaped wooden block

Travellers

Travelling onwards, leaving the past behind them. No more bills, no more commitments, no more hoarding, no more secrets…Nevermore. The ephemera: old love letter from 1800s, old dictionary page (hoarder), old mechanical manual page; reproductions of old sheet music cover, old French pharmacy label, ancienne facture, old sheet music and autograph page from my grandmother to my mother; reproductions of natural history illustrations, vintage train clock and old map of London; various decorative papers; a variety of vintage numbers both original and reproductions.

12 inches by 24 inches by 2 inches wooden cradle.

 

 

Fais dodo

Fais dodo

Ma petite lapine

Ohé, ferme tes yeux

Demain tout ira mieux

Tu verras ma petite coquine

Fais dodo

 

Mixed media collage…trying something different.

 

The ephemera: fragment from a handwritten antique french letter, scrapbook paper, vintage photo.

Found objects: old checker game piece, vintage lotto numbers, zinc letter nails

Number 2, rue Portejoie, Paris : assemblage

Two young girls on their first big adventure sans adults, in Paris. Climb up la tour Eiffel and  pinch yourselves…are we really here? Leave your names locked to Le Pont des Arts, the friendship sealed there.

Old French receipt ( carried home carefully by the girls with other precious papers), vintage lock and keys, old house number 2, La tour Eiffel on tissue paper, and Fleur de Lys.

A Gift for Alissa, so she will always remember her escapades with Zoe.

For the birds : encaustic collage

 

 

There goes the neighbourhood…. again. A crowd of crows, watching, a watch-faced moon. A crowd of houses, numbered, oddly. Who would live here?

NB: Having gifted the original “There goes the neighbourdhood” to a dear friend. I missed it and decided to rework it, this time encased in  encaustic wax, and rename it “for the birds”. 

les bicyclettes: collage

Collage on wooden cradles: Houses: old postcard, notarized legal document from 1869, old receipt for windows and doors, vintage photos. The center photo are my husband’s grandparents. Cycling banner: bingo card numbers, apothecary label, crown, postal label, natural history illustrations, a french cafe receipt, a faux postal stamp, bits from a playing card. Background: Reversed transfer paper, paint, ink, charcoal. Sides of cradle: old papers.

NOT FOR SALE

Dysfunctional village: assemblage

Six dwellings, each unique and individual and yet each belonging with the others, to form the dysfunctional village. The doors are waiting to be opened. What lies within?

House number one: one bottle of hair brown, vintage house number; old latch, antique porcelain doll’s leg, a bit of ribbon.

 House number five: five vintage ink quills; old ink bottle, stone angel, vintage nails, a section of a wooden slide rule, a door knob and a vintage house number. (SOLD)

House number two: two keys, a door knob, an antique optical lens, a tiny light bulb, an eye and a vintage house number.

House number six: 6 vintage typewriter keys; an old gauge; a vintage fishing lure, an old tap and a vintage house number.

House number four: four vials, an old key, and old door plate, a bit of old ribbon and a vintage house number.House number three: three frozen charlottes, old copper nails and screws; a section of a old wooden slide rule; a door knob and a vintage house number.

There goes the neighbourhood: collage

THERE GOES THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (SOLD)

Well the moment those old crows moved in we knew: there goes the neighbourhood!

the ephemera: old papers: menus, book pages, autographs, ledgers, postcards, letters; vintage game pieces, crows

 

LE VILLAGE , EVIL AMONG US: collage

 

Here is a nod to Agatha Christie and Saint Mary’s Mead…

who knows what lies in the hearts of our neighbours.

E. is for Evil

Sold