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Bats and Cats

Wool blended felt, fabric and mohair yarn

18 x 4 x 3.5 in (45.72 x 10.16 x 8.89 cm)

$800

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Bats and Cats
This Halloween themed fabric doll can be displayed on the wall or seated in a chair or a wide candle holder. Cotton fabric body, wool stuffing. Her sly features are created with acrylic paint, pigma pen, Prisma color pencils. Lips, eyebrows, lids, flair of nostrils hand stitched with Gutterman’s and Sulky thread. Highlight and shadow create depth. Her blouse is created with a diamond shaped cotton fabric and black and white checkerboard band. She wears a vest fashioned from a white leather baby shoe. Bottom of the skirt is a cutwork design in circles with cats and felt bats peeking through the cutwork circles. Tall wool felt cone shaped hat has a border of gray and black stripes rust felt triangular shapes circle encircling the brim. Bats, mice and a black cat are placed around the hat. Black and white checkerboard hat band. Hair is two colors of black, charcoal gray fine mohair yarn sewn into a sculptural styling on the side of her face. Shoes are made with cotton fabric and vintage ribbon, pleated with gold detail edges. Black lace like slip is under the skirt. Fabric shoes are a companion print pattern in the dress and vintage dress trim. 18 inches.
HOW TO PURCHASE: Payment required in 24 hours.
SHIPPING: All shipping within the United States is included in the purchase price. Add $15.00 to Canadian shipping. Send the artist an inquiry at shivelychristine@yahoo.com. The item will be shipped within 3 days of purchase.

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Christine Shively Benjamin

A Bee In Her Bonnet

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14 x 3.5 x 2.5 in (35.56 x 8.89 x 6.35 cm)

$700
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Angelica

Fabric, paint and vintage touches

14 x 3.5 x 2.5 in (35.56 x 8.89 x 6.35 cm)

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About the artist

Christine Shively Benjamin

American

Thank you for viewing my NIADA 2024 Artist Exhibit Album. I live in Carson City Nevada, and I’ve been a NIADA Artist Member since 2019.

My doll art took root in my joy of finding a penny in the lining of a pocket. First impressions are not worth much but with imagination, innovation, experimentation I would apply my life experiences to create my fabric figures. Turning the mundane into the marvelous has been a driving force in my creative life. Each piece I create has either an autobiographical element or emerges from my unique take on the world around me.
It is my hope that you will enjoy, and take your time to enter the world that I create from my imagination....a love of wordplay and storytelling, that takes shape with a mixture of vintage laces and trims, wool felt and a surprising array of strange and unexpected items. Each piece I create has either an autobiographical element or emerges from my unique take on the world around me.

CONTACT: shivelychristine@yahoo.com And my Blog is:
christineshivelybenjamins.blogspot.com
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HOW TO PURCHASE: Payment required in 24 hours. Please contact me for a PayPal invoice. shivelychristine@yahoo.com

SHIPPING: All shipping within the United States is included in the purchase price. Add $15.00 to Canadian shipments. The item will be shipped within 3 days of purchase.

Additional Details

Additional Artworks

A Bee In Her Bonnet

Blue felt vintage spool

A Bird in the Hand

Angelique

Angelica

Cheshire Cat on a Wooden Spool

Alice's White Rabbit on a Wooden Spool

Chinese New Year Dragon

About the artist

Christine Shively Benjamin