~*Chicory Dell Arts*~

Indigo mushroom miniature

Hi everyone, 

Just finished this tiny Indigo fairy. She looks big in the photos, but she is a mere 2.5" tall! This is the first sculpture I made using beesputty polymer clay, and I'm truly enamored with it for miniatures... the clay is extremely firm, which makes sculpting in 90 degree weather so much easier! 

The entire piece measures just over 3.5" tall... mushroom and leaves are also made by hand from cold porcelain. 

This piece is currently available to ship within the US for $399.00. This includes insured priority mail shipping. Message if interested!

Black Amanita faerie

Hi everyone, just finished my latest faerie, and am preparing her eBay auction to start this evening, Tuesday July 9th, at 10 PM EST. Check back here for the link, or you can visit either my Facebook or Instagram, Chicory Dell Arts.

I've really enjoyed sculpting this one..she's a throwback to some of my earlier root faerie creations. This entire summer here in Pennsylvania has been riddled with daily errant downpours, and after, oppressive heat and humidity. Fungi flourish both in the woodlands, and also in my indoor plant pots and worm composting bin! Fragile inky cap mushrooms emerge overnight, then by morning, curl, drip and disintegrate into mysterious tarry pools. Detritus and decay are so rampant, that it has inspired me to create creatures that assist in this natural process...hope you enjoy!

 

 

 

 

Updates to Website

Hi friends!

I know I only come here sporadically, and updates over the years have been few and far between.

However, this week I will be attempting to update my page...my banner, adding more photos, and just general maintenance. Most of my interactions and views are on social media, which is why I don't update often...but, it's true that not everyone uses social media, which is why i've decided to try and keep this page current as well.

Here is my latest piece, a blackthorn tree hopper faerie, to kick off the updates!

She is fairly small...would be a 2.75" figure if standing. Sculpted from Kato polyclay, base of thorns and rose hips sculpted from cold porcelain. The entire piece measures just under 7" tall.

Stray Sod root faerie

Hi everyone! Pleased to announce that I finally have completed another root faerie, and she will be available for sale on eBay for a 3 day auction, starting Sunday October 7th, at 7pm EST.  Just a reminder that all of the photos here are greatly enlarged to show details, she is equivalent to a 5" figure if she were standing.

I'm putting all of her photos here, as eBay tends to reduce the quality and make them look blurry.  I am putting up the link early, so remember it won't be active until the above time.  I'll be deep in the middle of North Carolina this week, so i'll be unavailable to answer any questions until the auction begins on Sunday. 

Thanks again for all the support and praise as I've worked on this new piece! The extra encouragement has really pushed me to keep going.

Here is the future link to her auction live October 7th, 7pm:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/292753085210

 

 

 

 

Blood Moon Faerie

My tiny blood moon faerie is complete! I’ve started going back to sculpting with polymer clay lately, despite the fact that it gives me breakouts...nothing can compare with the luminous quality of polymer, when it comes to creating lifelike skin.  Kato has to be my absolute favorite polymer clay for sculpting...It really is the strongest and most flexible I’ve worked with, as well as the most translucent.  I’ve sculpted with a few others, but they just don’t hold up as well when sculpting with such thin layers. This stuff is practically unbreakable though!

This tiny one is 2.75” tall. I really like sculpting fairies in the size I imagine them to be, and this particular vision I had, said “teeny!” She is pretty expressive for a fairy of her size, i think like most of the fae, she is full of mischievous energy.  The most time consuming part of this piece was the wings. I really agonized over different methods again and again, until i got a set that I thought suited her...hope you like how they turned out!

This piece will available for sale on ebay for a 5 day auction starting Tuesday August 14th, at 10 PM EST. I timed her to end on my birthday!

Here is the link...won’t be live until the auction date 

Blood Moon Faerie Auction