Urchin

So pleased to find another old box frame whilst out foraging a few weeks ago - It set me on a creative path to make another Victorian style 'specimen fairy'. 

I lined the back board in pages from an antique copy of 'Swiss Family Robinson'. I chose as many of the sea-themed illustrations as I could find.

At the bottom of the recessed frame I added a tiny bottle filled with fragments of sea glass collected in Mallorca. Also some pretty glass marbles and pebbles, with a sprinkling of iridescent glitter. 

Then for the captured fairy...This is Urchin. 

She is dressed in a skirt made from layers of vintage millinery netting and flecked chiffon.

She wears a silk bodice with sequined cummerbund and a large diamante ship brooch with attached anchor. I trimmed her hair with vintage dyed shells, mother-of-pearl buttons and a tiny sea urchin.

Being behind glass, I thought she'd be ideal as a decorative feature in a bathroom, with her water theme. 

She's another artwork coming with me to the Vintage & Handmade Christmas Fair on Saturday. 

One more fairy artwork to show you tomorrow, then a parade of other new gals.

Niki x