Mr. and Mrs. Dracula
This is absolutely brilliant.
After I posted about vampyre rag dolls a couple of weeks ago, artist Bonni Reid dropped me a line to share one of her designs. Her Mr. and Mrs. Dracula is a topsy-turvy doll, complete with full-length cape and pretty gothic gown. There’s a closer look at their faces here; I just love their expressions.
I’ve run into topsy-turvy dolls of the asleep/awake and fairy-tale variety (which seem to be heavily concentrated toward Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, for some reason), but had never considered turning them to darker ends. These are immensely charming.
Thanks for sharing, Bonni!
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April 18th, 2011 at 3:34 pm
Yup, I totally had a topsy-turvy Hood/Wolf doll. The back of the wolf’s head was Grandma. When I finally read Harry Potter, I was all, “Pssh! Evil dude living on the back of your head? It’s been done!”
April 18th, 2011 at 7:02 pm
Thanks Cobwebs!
I thought about doing a ‘Jack the Ripper/Mary’ doll too but thought better of it. Too sad a story.
April 19th, 2011 at 1:24 pm
There should be a “Really Rosie/Mrs. Dracula” topsy-turvy.
Sing it with me: “The awful truth concerning me/The Creture-Feature mystery/Is simply this:/In the worst way/I wanna play/Mrs. Dracula!”