Go Ask Alice

I'm finally ready to reveal the pieces I made for the awesome Go Ask Alice show! I decided to make the Queen of Hearts, Alice, and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. I envisioned the Queen of Hearts as a nasty sea monster who captured Alice:

The Queen herself is vaguely heart-shaped, and she has heart-shaped pupils and suckers, as well as heart-shaped jewels on her crown.

I based my Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum on the John Tenniel illustrations from the first edition of Alice in Wonderland.

I actually used my owl pattern, enlarged, for their general shape (Alice also uses my owl pattern, but much smaller), and then I just added arms and legs. I was really nervous about embroidering the faces since I've never made anything remotely human-looking before, but I am rather pleased with how they came out.

I decided to also make sailor hats for Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, to more closely tie them to the Queen of Hearts piece.

And here's the whole gang together:

I've long been a fan of Alice in Wonderland (I even wrote my undergrad thesis paper on the tale, because I'm that nerdy), so I'm more excited than usual to be participating in this show. Many, many thanks to Cimmi for curating! If you're in the Santa Barbara area, please go check it out (and take lots of pictures!). Visit the Paul Cumes Fine Art Gallery website for more info.

Go Ask Alice.....

Hi Needlers, I haven't posted for awhile due to being ridiculously busy, but I wanted to say I am getting super excited about the upcoming Alice in Wonderland themed doll and plush show we are organizing at me and my dear husband's newly opened gallery Paul Cumes Fine Art..

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So far I've made an Alice and a Cheshire Cat. I can't wait to see what all the other artists in the show will be making! The Raggy Rat sent me pictures of a gorgeous dormouse in progress...yeay! Check out her blog The Raggy Rat to see him, he is mighty cute. The lovely and talented Santa Barbara based doll maker Isgood has made a white rabbit. :-)

Save the date if you are in the Santa Barbara area, we will be having a Mad Tea Party themed opening event on December 5th...and you are invited to see the art and feast madly on gourmet chocolates by Jessica Foster Confections, cupcakes, champers and of course delicious tea!!!

The show will be up at the gallery until the first week of Jan and I will post mass amounts of photos, video, etc etc for all to enjoy...