Go Ask Alice

I'm finally ready to reveal the pieces I made for this awesome show! I decided to make the Queen of Hearts, Alice, and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. I envisioned the Queen of Hearts as a nasty sea monster who captured Alice:

The Queen herself is vaguely heart-shaped, and she has heart-shaped pupils and suckers, as well as heart-shaped jewels on her crown.

I based my Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum on the John Tenniel illustrations from Through the Looking Glass.

 
I actually used my owl pattern, enlarged, for their general shape (Alice also uses my owl pattern, but much smaller), and then I just added arms and legs. I was really nervous about embroidering the faces since I've never made anything remotely human-looking before, but I am rather pleased with how they came out.

I decided to also make sailor hats for Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, to more closely tie them to the Queen of Hearts piece.

And here's the whole gang together:

I've long been a fan of Alice in Wonderland (I even wrote my undergrad thesis paper on the tale, because I'm that nerdy), so I'm more excited than usual to be participating in this show. Many, many thanks to Cimmi for curating! If you're in the Santa Barbara area, please go check it out (and take lots of pictures!). Visit the Paul Cumes Fine Art Gallery website for more info.

Comments

[Laura.]

jessica, these are incredible! really, i think the sailor hats was the perfect solution to tying the tweedles into the sea theme. having these done must be such a load off your mind!

[Jessica]

Thanks, Laura! It was such a huge relief to send these out the door! Now if I can just get through my No Coast to-do list this week. . . . Wheeee!

[Lisa Smith]

Jessica - can I commission a tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum set? Levi was one of them (can never remember which one) in the RMS production, he was awesome. I would like to gift him this as a remembrance - not for Christmas, no worries.

[Jessica]

You bet, Lisa! I'll email you. . . .

[T Cabrera]

My wife and I bought three dalls from the show. One of them being Cimmi's beautiful Alice doll.

[Ann-Marie]

Jessica, these are amazing. Wow. You are so talented.