Kim Klem is a new member of the Day of the Dead market on 1000 Markets. She came to the market with a vibrant collection of jewelry, home accessories and artwork. Out of her collection of beautiful artwork stands an awe-inspiring, incredibly unique item: a day of the dead dollhouse. With a painstakingly attention to detail, each room has been decorated in Dia de los Muertos , chic decor! Kim created her own sugar skulls, coffin and altar. She also hand painted all the doll house furniture used in the doll house. Not bad for an artista who says she never had a doll house as a child and never played with dolls. Kim says she wanted to create a Dia de los Muertos environment that she would feel comfortable living in herself. I think she was successful!
Let's have Kim describe the process she went through in creating this masterpiece.
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"This Day of the Dead Doll House was an obsession that I worked on in every spare moment!
It was a project that was a complete joy to create. I started with a raw wood doll house frame, added handmade wallpaper in red and gold, decorative wood elements of scrolls, flowers and molding painted in black and gold. The roof was finished with hand-aged copper foil, sealed to protect the patina.
The largest room features a gold, flowered and jeweled Dia De Los Muertos altar with Lady of Guadalupe statues, flowers, santos candles, brass candlesticks, cross, hand-painted sugar skulls and a crown. The walls are decorated with a family portrait, other portraits, pictures and paintings, brass milagros, stars, a jeweled cross, ornate mirror, and candles. The familia sits beside a jeweled coffin, with a velvet couch and table with candelabra.
The familia was created out of wire armatures, polyclay and various bits and bobs of fabric, ribbon and jewels.
The study has hand-painted hutches with books and bottles, loteria artwork, flowers, a black and white table for readings and a skull and rose photo.
The attic bedroom is decorated with a Lady of Guadalupe framed picture in gold, with ornate mirr
ors, birdcage, a bed with flaming heart bedspread, flowers, hand-painted cross, stars and lovely mirrors.
In the music room there is a piano decorated with flowers, a violin, hand-painted crosses, Lady of Guadalupe wall hanging, a pair of mounted ram skulls. The floor is faux Spanish tile.
Some of the items are totally created by hand, including the dolls, the altar, and most of the artwork. The wedding portraits and the girl portrait in the great room are from my original oil paintings. Other objects are doll house items I have altered.
This has been a real pleasure to create and I am happy to share it with the world."
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2 comments:
Kim, I totally LOVE this piece. Trust me, if I had the money, I would sweep this up in a heartbeat!!
Great piece!!!!
Brett
This is an awesome piece of art!
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