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"Loch Ness Monster"
Relive a special memory or event. Set by Loch Ness, this tableau was created from
a favourite photo. Commissioned
to capture a wonderful honeymoon, the gift was given as a surprise and caused
great hilarity. The couple love it and it was a really lovely memento to
capture a special honeymoon holiday.
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"City of Love"
A wedding in Paris. The husband was dancing with his bride by
the Eiffel Tower. Great detail and care is taken to match the tartan,
sporran and wedding dress. |
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"Skiing in
Chamonix"
This wedding was actually on the slopes! The bride and
groom wore their ski clothes underneath the bridal kit. The brief was to add
a bright sun and cable car and signposts. A border was added to include a
message and the snow detail on navy blue created a pleasing frame. |
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"Windmill Wedding"
A totally unique English wedding set in cornfields complete
with windmill and scarecrow. The scarecrow and windmill were taken from
photos and the flowers in the bouquet matched the field flowers.
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"Honeymoon At Seaview"
Based on a series of photos taken at this Isle of Wight yacht
club venue, I was able to incorporate elements from 3 different photos to create
a papier mache sculpture with the dog, sailing club and couple. |
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"Florence"
Set against a
backdrop of the "Ponte Vecchio" this sculpture brought back some very
special memories of a this bridge and all the lovely old stone buildings. |
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"White Horse Vale"
A commission depicting the White Horse Vale and two very
special cats. This was a venue which had beautiful memories for the couple.
The rugby shirt logo was carefully copied to make the item of
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"Castle of Dreams"
An American couple always wanted to travel to England one day, so
the tableau was set in a dream venue. They wrote:
"Anita,
you did a wonderful job I am especially proud of it; my husband is always
coming up with the best gifts. I have never been able to match his
creativity ... I could go on all day about how happy I am and how it turned
out 100 times better than I could have ever imagined and I still don't know
if I could put it all in words. thank you so much. you are a very talented
artist." ~Jennifer
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"Castle Steps"
A commission depicting a wedding complete with military
uniform and a glimpse of honeymoon destination through the open arch. The
glory of this medium is that you can mix two scenes together.
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"A Wedding"
A commission depicting a Scottish wedding complete with
tartan. The lake was surrounded with trees and bushes which I took care to
represent. |
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"A Wedding" This hotel
venue was copied so as to get the exact detail of the Hardwick Hall Hotel
and the confetti was added using actual confetti picked up from outside a
church. The couple were very moved the confetti had actually been used for
a real wedding.
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"An Irish Wedding"
A commission depicting an Irish wedding. The details for the
border were taken from the church windows and a flower within the wedding
bouquet. |
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"Wedding Day"
A commission set at Cannizarro House. A mirror was used as
well as twigs to represent the floral arrangements and setting used at the
actual wedding. |
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"A VW Wedding"
A favourite Volkswagen van was used to transport the couple
to their wedding eve destination. A favourite pet just had to be included. |
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"Fastnet"
A commission depicting the rounding of the Fastnet lighthouse
off the coast of Ireland. Research was undertaken to make sure the spinnaker
was facing the right way as the boat rounded the rock. |
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"Skiffing at Thames Ditton"
This papier mache commission was for a rower from Thames Ditton Skiffing club. It is fun, yet accurate. This was commissioned by the rower's wife as a surprise
anniversary present.
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