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Monster High Twyla Cosplay Part 2: Making the Book of Talismans bag

Monster High Twyla Cosplay Part 2: Making the Book of Talismans bag

Cosplay, Costume, Dolls, Journal, Larp & Cosplay, Life & Creativity, Making, crafting & artist dates, Self Portraits, Tips, tricks & tutorials

The second of the promised more detailed posts about how I made my Monster High Twyla cosplay… this is the Book of Talismans, which I turned into a book bag! By far my favourite of Twyla’s accessories is her Book of Talismans. It’s a book, it’s...
Monster High Twyla Cosplay part 1: The Outfit

Monster High Twyla Cosplay part 1: The Outfit

Cosplay, Costume, Dolls, Making, crafting & artist dates, Tips, tricks & tutorials

I promised a more detailed series on how my Monster High Twyla cosplay came together, and here’s the first! Having identified the main silhouettes, colours and general shapes and vibe I wanted (tiered mini skirt, top with spiderweb patterns, purple & mint...
Collections: returning to dolls

Collections: returning to dolls

Collections, Doll Photography, Dolls, Journal, Model Horses

You might have spotted some miniature scenes on my socials recently, and the photo of me chatting to Raven Queen on my sofa was an unexpected hit at the last Wivenhoe Art Trail, so I thought it was probably time I talked about it a bit more + how I got here!...
Barbies need brand shoots too • Doll photography

Barbies need brand shoots too • Doll photography

Collections, Doll Photography, Dolls, Journal, Life & Creativity, Projects & Personal Work

During lockdown I obviously had no actual brand shoots with clients, so I bought a couple of Barbies and proceeded to create my own on my dining room table. Much to the bemusement of several people who got some interesting whatsapp photos, and in my lovely hairdresser...
Catching up with Raven Queen

Catching up with Raven Queen

Doll Photography, Dolls, Experiments, Playing with scale

It’s been what feels like forever since I had a chance to work on something just for fun, but a recovery day after being horizontally sick for a couple of days proved the perfect opportunity. Was still too blah to leave the house, didn’t want to do any...
Miniature mermaid • Doll photography

Miniature mermaid • Doll photography

Collections, Doll Photography, Dolls, Journal, Life & Creativity, Projects & Personal Work

My first out & about doll shoot, at Brightlingsea beach, with a Made to Move Barbie and a tail that matches my own first mermaid tail. I had no idea what I was doing beyond having fun, and because it was still very quiet no one asked me wtf I was doing! Here are a...

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Carla is a photographer and mermaid with a love of the ethereal, nostalgia and magic.
She weaves stories into photographs which could have walked off the pages of a book, and which invite you to find your own stories within them.
Living and working on the north Essex coastline (which suits her mermaid heart), her work pulls together memory, imagination and wonder.
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