Czechoslovakian Father Christmas, 28"

Wired to base, soft body. Head, hands, boots, hand sculpted polymer clay. Vintage silk clothing. Antique reproduction, museum quality drumstriker drum and banjo ornaments, and feather tree. Sold for $800.

In Czechoslovakia, Father Christmas lowers himself down the chimney with a gold rope, which he is carrying.

He began with an old silk dress I found at a yard sale, which was so gorgeous I wanted to find something amazing to do with the fabric. The scale was really too large for a girl doll, and kind of too outrageous for your average Father Christmas. Somehow when I found the Czechoslovakian legend, the two just fit together, and Voilá!


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