Colleen
@grouponlobotomy
Colleen. 28. they/them. Nightingale Embroidery Owner. chainmail and embroidery.
"The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers" (1672–75) Jan de Baen // "Die Puppe" (1934) Hans Bellmer hand embroidery by me
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First Living Dead Doll, somehow found the only doll for sale at the record show, and my dad treated me
The Doll Hand embroidery of one of Hans Bellmer's photographs from "Die Puppe" (1934) also seen on the cover of "Behind Closed Doors: The Art of Hans Bellmer" by Therese Lichtenstein. Custom order.
"I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel..." Hand embroidery of scene from Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein. Custom order.
Kaptive Beauty Second embroidery inspired by volume 1. no. 1. of Kaptive Beauties, 1974. One of the first vintage bondage magazines I sought out for my own collection. Giddy to finally have her embroidered. 7" embroidery on cotton. Not for sale.
Hand embroidery customs are open! Also finally made a graphic to save everyone a click.
Love and Pain (Vampire) 5" hand embroidery based on the 1895 Edvard Munch painting.
here she is in the 1951 and 1952 Sears Christmas Book, as well as a few articles that go more in-depth into her history
I've mentioned my love for Baby Nancy, but the first mass-market ethnically accurate black baby doll was actually SaraLee, created by Sara Lee Creech, Maxeda von Hesse, and Sheila Burlingame in the 1950s. She was manufactured by Ideal, pictured here with opera singer Leontyne Price.
Love and Pain (Vampire) 5" hand embroidery based on the 1895 painting by Edvard Munch
prompt: “Falling from grace ‘cause I’ve been away too long/ Leaving you behind with my lonesome song/ Now I’m lost in oblivion”