CHRISTMAS PAST

To those loved ones we remember at this time .

MERRY CHRISTMAS

PIN CUSHION

VICTORIAN STYLE PIN CUSHION

THE DREAM .

EMERGENCY MANUAL

MUSIC BUSTFORM

HOPE CHEST

THE THREE SISTERS .LAMPSHADES

ANNO DOMINI CRAVATS

CRAVATS FOR SUMMER 

ANNO DOMINI STUDIO

Some details from around the studio .AD

HEART WITH NAILS

ALL SEEING EYES

SKULL BOWL AND FRAMED SKULL PAINTING

PAINTED HEARTS

CORSETS

Corsets in the studio .

The Elsa corset .

The Lily corset

The Silvia corset

Ripper collar and Institutional mask

MISS HAVISHAM FIGURE

Miss Havisham figure ,100 cm tall , made from old hotel Windsor curtains .

with special thanks to Miss Connie and Miss Johanna .

LACE MOURNING BONNET

MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN

This is one of the new larger figures l'm doing . Its over a meter tall .

 Based on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein creature .

BLACK LACE SKULL

TABLE GROUPING

This is actually what is sitting on my coffee table ..

CUSHIONS

Mixing it up

PAINTED SKATEBOARD

LACE DOILY SKULL

STUDIO PORTRAIT

My portrait taken by the lovely and talented Amelia Bateman for a series on artists in their studios .

VICTORIAN STYLE BLACK UNDERGARMENT

MARIE ANTOINETTE DOLL

SKETCHBOOKS

Some of the new covered sketchbooks I'm doing,brushrolls,pencil cases and tote bags to follow.

CUFFLINK DESIGN

Cufflink design for an upcoming exhibition on the 'Art of the Cuff".

VICTORIAN STRAIGHT JACKET AND MASK

ANNO DOMINI OPEN STUDIO

ALTHOUGH MY STUDIO IS OPEN MONDAY TO SATURDAY 11.00-5.30 PM ,

EVERY YEAR THE NICHOLAS BUILDING OPENS UP 9 LEVELS OF WONDERFUL ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN'S CREATIVE SPACES .IF YOU'RE IN MELBOURNE FEEL FREE TO DROP IN AND SAY HELLO.

ABU GHRAIB FIGURES

These figures were based on the photographs taken in the notorious  Abu Ghraib prison .For whatever horrendous tortures a writer can invent or dream up , true life will out do , shock and horrify us more every time .

FIGURE OF MARY SURRATT

The tragic figure of Mary Surratt who was hanged along with the three killers of Abraham Lincoln .