Brighton or Bust

This week I sent two busts off to Kiki, a lovely woman who lives in Brighton.  She commissioned the busts as a first anniversary gift for her husband, Paul.  The first anniversary is paper, and the busts are made from Paperclay - clever, no?  I think it is such a sweet idea.    I asked Kiki's permission to post the photos she sent of them, and she kindly agreed, so here are pictures of both the quite gorgeous, real couple and the busts I created.

Real Kiki:

Black-Eyed Suzie Kiki:

Real Paul:

Black-Eyed Suzie Paul:

I had such a good time doing these, I'm planning to offer similar commissions (i.e. of real people) in the shop. 

As an aside, and because I feel the need to explain the corny pun of this blog post, my father is from Brighton, so I made the title of this post a Dad-esque pun...my father loves puns.  To whit:  how do you titillate an ocelot?  Oscillate its tit a lot. 

And just to keep the Brighton theme going, I'm including the trailer from the BBC series, Jekyll.  My husband and I watched this modern twist on Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde recently and it was so much fun.  It is rather scary (or maybe I'm a wuss?) and there are a few violent scenes, so bear that in mind if you're of a delicate disposition.  Also, a few low-budget special effects and some British actors doing distractingly weak American accents (so rare - what happened, BBC?)  need looking past but all in all, good fun.  And the lead actor, Stephen Nesbitt (Irish dreamboat) is phenomenol.  Even the trailer demonstrates how effortlessly he moves between the two totally opposite characters...it's worth watching for his performance alone. 

Comments

[A Fanciful Twist]

Miss Suzie, there are no words to describe how much I adore your dolls. They are so amazing. I have said it once, and I will say it again, they are some of my faves of all times, your style and your creations!! xoxo

[jessieofoz]

I just watched the trailer of Jekyll you posted, and bought the series off ebay straight away! Looks fabulous, can't wait :) Adore your latest dolls too. How much does Paul look like Jude Law in the first pic and the one with his stubble!? Your version of Kiki really reflects her lovely, 'deep' eyes. Beautiful! I'm excited to hear how much you loved doing them, I think you'd have a field day recreating my Adam, with his red beard and cheeky Irish grin :) Take care Sarah, x

[Susan]

Love these commissioned pieces. You captured the essences of both lovely people. I am still giggling over that pun. You are so bad. Your blog is still one of my favorites. I have gotten so many that I check daily, that I am going to downsize, but your's will stay priority. Have a great weekend. Susan

[Du Buh Du Designs]

These are wonderful! Making busts are a lot of fun, but I still prefer making dolls ;)Your models were beautiful to begin with but the looks amazing in paperclay!